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Artificial enzymes close in on nature
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James Mitchell Crow, RSC
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last modified
11-30-11 06:46 AM
Copyright 2011, RSC
The active site of the enzyme, stripped of any 'second sphere' structure © Nature Chemistry
A synthetic metalloprotein that approaches the catalytic performance of a natural enzyme, despite its stripped-down structure, has been developed by a team of chemists in the US. The computer-designed carbonic anhydrase mimic is the work of Vincent Pecoraro and his colleagues at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. More...
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/November/27111101.asp
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