Manipulated Enzymes -- TU Graz Researchers Set Milestone in Biocatalysis Research (IMAGE)

Graz University of Technology

Manipulated Enzymes -- TU Graz Researchers Set Milestone in Biocatalysis Research

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Kathrin Heckenbichler and Rolf Breinbauer and their team managed for the first time ever to 'retrain' an enzyme to build ring-shaped molecular structures instead of performing its natural task of reducing double bonds.

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