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Chemistry World June 17, 2010 Andrew Turley |
Biocatalyst improves diabetes drug production Researchers have developed an enzyme that can produce a difficult to form chiral amine in a best-selling diabetes therapy. |
Chemistry World January 30, 2015 Debbie Houghton |
Thin film approach to biocatalysis Taking an unconventional approach to biocatalysis has allowed scientists in Italy to improve enzyme recycling ability with a solvent-free reaction mixture |
Chemistry World November 26, 2010 Rebecca Brodie |
Printing on bioactive paper An enzyme printing process that prints the product of an enzyme-catalysed reaction, but not the enzyme molecule itself, has been designed by scientists in Australia to produce bioactive paper. |
Chemistry World April 21, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Methane oxidising enzyme mystery solved The finding could lead to a cost-effective and environmentally clean method of methanol production for fuel and feedstock. |
Chemistry World March 6, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Synthetic Enzymes Designed by Computer Scientists in the US have designed and built an artificial enzyme from scratch. |
Chemistry World February 25, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Synthetic 'textbook model' of a biological catalyst Scientists have developed a simple two-molecule chemical analogue of an enzyme and its substrate that neatly illustrates the fundamental principles of biological catalysis. |
Chemistry World March 2010 |
Painting the town green As new environmental legislation alters the allowed constituents of paint and varnishes, Sarah Houlton reports on how paint manufacturers are tweaking the contents of their tins |
Chemistry World March 4, 2013 Harriet Brewerton |
Co-factoring on a chip makes biocatalysis easy Stephan Mohr and colleagues have designed an efficient microfluidic biocatalysis device that uses and regenerates an artificial mediator, dimethyl viologen, which is cheaper than co-factors used currently. |
Chemistry World January 19, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Quantum Theory Reveals Why Lead Poisons Lead is one heavy metal. It can cause irreversible blood, brain, kidney, and liver damage. But why is it so toxic? Using quantum chemistry and enzyme model compounds, researchers now believe they have the answer. |
Chemistry World September 21, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Enzymes inspire new catalyst design for hydrogen production A novel enzyme-based catalyst developed by UK and US researchers hints at new ways of designing catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction, an important industrial reaction in the production of high grade hydrogen. |
Chemistry World March 16, 2015 Elisabeth Ratcliffe |
Enzyme selectivity switch to benefit infant formula production Scientists in Austria who have redesigned the active site of an enzyme to switch its regioselectivity may have latched onto a new way to make molecules that are important for infant formula. |
Chemistry World April 14, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Deciphering Hydrogen Tunnelling in Enzymes Researchers have thrown important new light on the phenomenon of hydrogen tunnelling in biological catalysts. The finding is likely to spark a debate among biochemists about the fundamental nature of enzymes. |
Chemistry World March 20, 2007 Lionel Milgrom |
Chemical Model Unlocks Key Enzyme's Secrets The precise workings of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO), an enzyme that is crucial for all aerobic life, have been unveiled. |
Chemistry World January 6, 2010 Phillip Broadwith |
Enzymes do the twist The way enzyme catalysts bind molecules to speed up their reactions is not as simple as once thought, say chemists from the UK and Spain. |
Chemistry World February 13, 2014 Sarah Kenwright |
Natural adhesive brings new life to old carpets A biotechnological process to transform lignin into an adhesive opens the door on an eco-friendly strategy for recycling carpets, new research shows. |
Chemistry World January 17, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Sugars synthesised with help of promiscuous enzyme European researchers have discovered a new way to make synthetically elusive sugar molecules that could lead to novel vaccine candidates and other medically important compounds. |
Chemistry World November 26, 2012 Laura Howes |
Protein coat prepares catalyst for cascades By protecting a transition metal catalyst with a protein coat, scientists have managed to couple up biocatalysts and chemical catalysts to perform a cascade reaction. |
Chemistry World January 17, 2014 Phillip Broadwith |
Plug and play redox enzymes With the constant drive to make chemical synthesis ever cleaner, more energy-efficient and generate less waste -- both in research and industrial processes -- more and more chemists are looking to harness enzyme catalysis. |
Chemistry World April 12, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Fatty Acid Factory Revealed X-ray crystallographers have achieved the Herculean task of elucidating the architecture of one of biochemistry's most impressive molecular machines, the multi-enzyme fatty acid synthase. |
Chemistry World August 13, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Forcing enzyme activity New research has shown that physically stretching an enzyme can trigger its activity - even when the active site is not hidden in a 'cryptic' position. Mechanical force may play a more important role in biological molecular systems than previously realized. |
Chemistry World September 8, 2015 Simon Hadlington |
Mutant plant can mop up explosives UK researchers have identified a mutant plant that is able to thrive on soil contaminated with high concentrations of the explosive TNT. |
Chemistry World August 29, 2007 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
'Lost' Folate Enzyme Found After 30 Years US researchers have revealed the identity of an enzyme used by bacteria to make the essential B vitamin folate, 30 years after it was first isolated. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Sugaring the Pill Researchers in the US have made a key advance in efforts to bolt sugar molecules onto natural products in the search for new drugs. |
Chemistry World September 24, 2012 Samantha Cheung |
Tumors reprogram nylon synthesis Cancer mutations have inspired a redesign of an enzyme to catalyze a key step in the bio-based production of adipic acid, a precursor to nylon. |
Chemistry World September 24, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Viral Nanoreactor Captures Single Molecules Researchers in the Netherlands have created a biochemical nanoreactor by cracking open a virus, removing its contents then reassembling the virus's protein coat around a single molecule of enzyme. |
Chemistry World January 19, 2015 Jenny Lovell |
Chitosan bioelectrode sustains metabolic power to medical implants Researchers in France have used compounds extracted from shrimp shells and gardenia fruits to extend the lifetime of medical implants attempting to run on bodily fluids. |
Chemistry World March 8, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Researchers Claim Antibiotic Holy Grail Researchers in Canada have revealed the structure of a key enzyme involved in the synthesis of bacterial cell walls. The finding opens up the possibility of developing new and improved antibiotics and overcoming the increasing problem of bacterial resistance to existing drugs. |