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New protein-based system streamlines enzyme reuse for plastic recycling
Enzymatic recycling has gained traction in recent years as a greener alternative to traditional plastic recycling techniques, ...
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High Rates and Substrate Selectivities in Water by Polyvinylimidazoles as Transaminase Enzyme Mimics with Hydrophobically Bound Pyridoxamine Derivatives as Coenzyme Mimics ...
Free-radical polymers of 4-vinylimidazole and copolymers with 1-dodecyl-4-vinylimidazole were used as enzyme mimics to transaminate pyruvic acid to alanine, phenylpyruvic acid to phenylalanine, and ...
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A Pair of Promiscuous Surrogates for N-Acetyl-l-Glutamate Synthase, the Initial Enzyme of Bacterial Arginine Biosynthesis | Biochemistry - ACS Publications
The identification and characterization of promiscuous enzymes is significant because they provide the raw materials for evolving new catalysts and assembling new metabolic pathways. Here, we report ...
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Mortgage rates rise and what it means for buyers - Rolling Out
Mortgage rates have climbed to levels that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago, with 5-year adjustable-rate mortgages hitting 7.47% and turning what was already an expensive housing ...
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Plastic-Recycling Enzyme Discovered in Compost Heap Close to Commercialization Through German Startup
If successful, their 2030 plan will be four 350 cubic-meter reactors capable of processing 45,000 metric tons of PET plastic every year.