Researchers discover new enzyme paradigm for critical reaction in converting lignin to useful products
Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2018
The discovery of the new class of cytochrome P450s came about when Beckham asked Christopher Johnson, a molecular biologist in NREL’s National Bioenergy Center and a co-author of the study, to find an enzyme that could convert guaiacol to catechol. Johnson found a cytochrome P450 that converts guaiacol to catechol in a single step.
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