Biocatalysis has found numerous applications in various fields as an alternative to chemical
catalysis. The use of enzymes in organic synthesis, especially to make chiral compounds for …

Oils and fats of vegetable and animal origin remain an important renewable feedstock for the
chemical industry. Their industrial use has increased during the last 10 years from 31 to 51 …

Reductions play a key role in organic synthesis, producing chiral products with new
functionalities. Enzymes can catalyse such reactions with exquisite stereo‐, regio‐and …

To better incentivize the collection of plastic wastes, chemical transformations must be
developed that add value to plastic deconstruction products. Polyethylene terephthalate …

Highlights•Carboxylate reductases (CARs) catalyze the selective one step reduction of an
acid to an aldehyde.•The substrate scope of CARs is broad.•CARs have been implemented …

Production of platform chemicals from renewable feedstocks is becoming increasingly
important due to concerns on environmental contamination, climate change, and depletion …

Butanediol (1, 4-BDO) is a valuable industrial chemical that is primarily produced via several
energy-intensive petrochemical processes based on fossil-based raw materials, leading to …

butanediol (1, 4-BDO) is an important building block in the chemical industry, which can be
used to produce different products including tetrahydrofuran, γ-butyrolactone, polybutylene …

Gastrodin, 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol-4-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, has been widely used in the
treatment of neurogenic and cardiovascular diseases. Currently, gastrodin biosynthesis is …

ATP recycling systems are required to avoid the addition of stoichiometric quantities of
cofactor and facilitate industrial implementation of ATP-dependent enzymes. One factor that …