Biotecnologia e Biomateriais

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Possibilities for Multistep Cascade Transformations that Mix Biocatalysis & Chemocatalysis

Travis Strand

The integration of biocatalysis with chemocatalysis combines the top notch selectivity of the former with the sturdy reactivity of the latter and provides many advantages, such as decrease cost, greater yield, more advantageous selectivity, as nicely as much less waste generation. In spite of the venture of incompatibilities between special instructions of catalysts, latest advances in artificial chemistry and biology grant adequate possibilities for multistep cascade transformations that mix biocatalysis and chemocatalysis. Herein, we evaluation latest growth in merging biocatalysis with chemocatalysis, highlighting chosen examples of photo-/electricity-driven biotransformations and currently developed strategies for addressing the catalyst incompatibility issue. With extended efforts in the direction of enzyme engineering and chemocatalysis in milder conditions, the mixture of chemocatalysis and biocatalysis has viewed a huge upward push in interest.