About 98% of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry approach.

However, in a new breakthrough, published in the journal Nature Synthesis, the researchers have demonstrated how a "biocatalytic cascade" — a sequence of enzyme-driven reactions — can simplify the ...

An activator molecule (green pentagon) can bind to an enzyme (light green puzzle shape) and change its overall shape. Note the transformation of the triangular point on the green enzyme into a ...