Biocatalysis
Information and Commentary About Biofuels and Biotechnology
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Feb 22
Ever wished you could find out how a compound could be degraded or biosynthesized? A great resource to help answer this questions is the U of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database, compiled and regularly updated by Prof. Larry Wackett and colleagues. IT contains 182 pathways, 1269 reactions, 177 compounds, 821 enzymes, 479 microorganism entries, and more. This is a great resource, and we will include it in our growing list of resources and link to it here.
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