Sweet success: New enzymatic biosystem harvests the potential of the sugar maltose - EurekAlert

Despite its convenience and low cost, maltose is seldom used as a raw material for enzyme-based biosynthesis because traditional enzymes fail to process it efficiently. Now, scientists have constructed a novel enzymatic system that first breaks down maltose i…

Microorganism-free enzyme-based reaction systems are now used for the production of hydrogen, bioelectricity, and useful biochemicals. In these biosystems, raw materials called substrates are broken … [+5109 chars]

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