There is a long way to go before artificial enzymes can reproduce the functions of the real things. The advent of systems that generate and respond to signals may bring that ideal a step closer.
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Greer, A. Molecular cross-talk. Nature 447, 273–274 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447273a
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