Engineered enzymes make super strained rings

By Katrina Krämer2018-04-07T12:00:00

Structure of the modified haem protein biocatalyst used for synthesising highly strained carbocycles

Source: © AAAS

Mutated haem proteins make light work of synthesising bicyclobutanes

Scientists have redesigned haem proteins into a biocatalytic machinery for making some of the most strained molecules, bicyclobutanes and cyclopropenes.