Biochemistry: combining two catalytic worlds
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 06:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Chemical and biological catalysts tend to require very different reaction conditions, making their combination challenging. Researchers of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have succeeded in taking this hurdle by using a special gel matrix to compartmentalize both types of catalysts. The results obtained by the Junior Research Group for Microbial Biotechnology headed by Prof Dr Robert Kourist have been reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie.