Researchers discover new enzyme paradigm for critical reaction in converting lignin to useful products
Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2018
Now, an international research team has discovered and characterized a new family of cytochrome P450 enzymes critical to improving the conversion of lignin. Johnson found a cytochrome P450 that converts guaiacol to catechol in a single step. Cytochrome P450s have been studied for decades and have been classed into Families A through M.
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