The sustainable production of chemicals from renewable, nonedible biomass has emerged
as an essential alternative to address pressing environmental issues arising from our heavy …

Proteins found in nature have traditionally been the most frequently used biocatalysts to
produce numerous natural products ranging from commodity chemicals to pharmaceuticals …

Biocatalysts have wider applications in various industries. Biocatalysts are generating
bigger attention among researchers due to their unique catalytic properties like activity …

The strategy of rational design to engineer enzymes is to predict the potential mutants based
on the understanding of the relationships between protein structure and function, and …

Highlights●Why biofuels and bioproducts remain critical to society●What molecular
products can be made by biotechnology using available feedstocks●How new systems and …

Enzymes are the natural catalysts that execute biochemical reactions upholding life. Their
natural effectiveness has been fine-tuned as a result of millions of years of natural evolution …

Nature relies on a wide range of enzymes with specific biocatalytic roles to carry out much of
the chemistry needed to sustain life. Enzymes catalyze the interconversion of a vast array of …

Abstract Linear, medium-chain (C8–C12) hydrocarbons are important components of fuels
as well as commodity and specialty chemicals. As industrial microbes do not contain …

Recently developed enzymes for the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
such as FAST-PETase and LCC-ICCG are inhibited by the intermediate PET product mono …

De novo biosynthesis of fatty acids is an iterative process requiring strict regulation of the
lengths of the produced fatty acids. In this review, we focus on the factors determining chain …