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An enzyme’s new ‘tunnels’ boost its waste-grabbing prowess

Remodelling a bacterial enzyme allows it to capture an industrial pollutant under challenging conditions.
A high-angle view of a worker wearing a helmet standing beside a hot strip mill inside a factory of steel

Steel plants (pictured) and other industrial facilities produce carbon monoxide, which can be captured by a newly engineered enzyme. Credit: Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters/Alamy

A structural redesign of a bacterial enzyme helps it to efficiently capture carbon monoxide from industrial exhaust, even under adverse conditions1.

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Nature 609, 657 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02906-2

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  1. Kim, S. M. et al. Nature Catal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-022-00834-y (2022).

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