Synthetic biology aims at designing new biological functions from first principles. These new
designs allow to expand the natural solution space and overcome the limitations of naturally …

Anaerobic fermentation of potato leaves and stems for organic acid synthesis, serving as
food additives, faces impediments due to misconceptions about the effects of moisture stress …

Cell-free synthetic biology incorporates purified components and/or crude cell extracts to
carry out metabolic and genetic programs. While protein synthesis has historically been the …

Nitrogenases are the only enzymes able to fix gaseous nitrogen into bioavailable ammonia
and hence are essential for sustaining life. Catalysis by nitrogenases requires both a large …

Sulfidogenic bacteria cause numerous issues in the oil industry since they produce sulfide,
corroding steel equipment, reducing oil quality, and worsening the environmental conditions …

Methylthio-alkane reductases convert methylated sulfur compounds to methanethiol and
small hydrocarbons, a process with important environmental and biotechnological …

Nitrogenases are the only enzymes that reduce molecular nitrogen (N 2) to ammonia.
Recently, we could demonstrate that nitrogenases also reduce the greenhouse gas carbon …