Pollution from industrial processes can be reduced by enzymes. Previously, only a small range of enzymes have been available for the chemical industry. <\/p>\n
Now, a group of researchers at The Department of Chemistry at University of Copenhagen (U of C) have produced an artificial enzyme that may lead to the production of tailor-made enzymes for any number of processes. <\/p>\n
This is according to the bioengineering website Genengnews.com.<\/p>\n
Professor Mikael Bols along with Ph.d. students Jeanette Bjerre and Thomas Hauch Fenger havde published their breakthrough in the international journal ChemBioChem<\/em>.<\/p>\n The U of C researchers are the first to produce an enzyme capable of speeding up oxidizing processes. The enzyme they have produced is enzyme unlike any seen in nature. <\/p>\n The new enzymes will be important in sensitive processes such as those involved in medicine production in the pharmaceutical industry. <\/p>\n Natural enzymes typically speed up reactions by as much as 1 million times. The new enzyme will speed up reactions by around 10.000 times. But even though the speed doesn\u2019t compare to the natural enzymes, it is still a breakthrough, says Mikael Bols.<\/p>\n \u00bbWhen we succeeded with the first enzyme, it’s reaction speed was only multiplied by 25, so I think it’s fair to speak of a breakthrough here,\u00ab he explains.<\/p>\n Oxidizing processes the basis of all chemical production. Traditional chemical oxidizers are often dangerously unrefined, often requiring high temperatures, extreme pressure and corrosive surroundings. <\/p>\n They can be designed to be unbelievably specific and are able to operate under moderate conditions, unlike their traditional chemical counterparts. <\/p>\n The use of these enzymes causes much less pollution than the use of their chemical equivalents. <\/p>\n luci@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" University of Copenhagen chemists create a fast-acting, powerful enzyme to replace dangerous chemicals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":24626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","expression-news_article"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nBreakthrough<\/h2>\n
Reduces pollution<\/h2>\n