Study Leads to Firmer Grasp of Biochemical ‘Reactive Handle’

By tweaking bacterial enzymes, bioengineers can modify the chemicals that bacteria naturally produce. At the ALS, researchers gained crucial information about a “reactive handle”—a particularly reactive group of molecules—that enables refinements in a wide range of polymers produced by bacteria. https://als.lbl.gov/study-leads-to-firmer-grasp-of-biochemical-reactive-handle/