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Scientists at the University of Groningen turned a non-enzymatic protein into a new, artificial enzyme by adding two abiological catalytic components
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University of Groningen scientists created a new enzyme that can catalyse (speed up) an important reaction in organic chemistry. They added a copper complex to a protein that had no enzymatic properties. Next, they inserted an unnatural amino acid into the protein. Together with the copper, a side chain of the amino acid was able to catalyse the required reaction. The method to add unnatural groups to a protein could be used to design many other new enzymes. These could replace standard chemical catalysis and thereby contribute to making chemistry cleaner and more energy efficient.