Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted ...

About 98% of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry approach.

"As in our model, we also consider the enzyme dynamics and coupling, we go beyond this existing concept, considering two reaction coordinates," says Michalis Chatzittofi, first author of the study.