皇家华人

"Biocatalytic or enzymatic methods for creating complex chemicals offer advantages over traditional chemical methods. They can turn simple, inexpensive materials into complex ones using mild conditions, rather than the harsh conditions often required by chemical approaches. While many enzymes with diverse functions have been found and used for this, they usually work best in their natural environments. Using them alone in different settings might not be as effective. However, the use of multi-functional enzymes, which can handle multiple steps in one process, can be very efficient, often more so than using individual enzymes separately.

This research highlights the discovery and analysis of a unique enzyme fusion that enables the transformation of a complex molecule (ACP-polyketide intermediate) into an aldehyde and subsequently into an amine through a two-step reaction." Dr Luba Prout, February 2024