How to teach enzymes to make plastics.

The challenge:

Plastics and polymers consist of large molecules, known as macromolecules, which are usually produced by chemical synthesis. However, macromolecules also play a crucial role in nature, where they are produced by enzymes.

Biotechnological methods therefore allow technically relevant macromolecules to be synthesised by means of enzymatic polymerisations, resulting in sustainable synthesis pathways for polymers and opening up possible applications in biotechnology and synthetic biology. These include, for example, the stabilisation of cells with macromolecules or the creation of synthetic cells.

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