Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Tailor-made synthesis of cyclic chemicals by means of enzymes

Penicillin-based antibiotics contain a five-membered hydrocarbon cycle, additionally incorporating a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. Researchers have now succeeded in selectively synthesizing this important substructure with different residues on this cycle using a biotechnological method.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180516101448.htm



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