A team from the University of Washington led by Nobel laureate David Baker is using artificial intelligence to design effective enzymes from scratch — an accomplishment the researchers call “one of science’s grand challenges.”
Enzymes are the wizards of the natural world, proteins that can transform molecules and rapidly accelerate chemical reactions under mild conditions. They’re found in every living cell and are essential to life. Enzymes are already being harnessed for drug production and industrial processes. The newly developed tools for enzyme creation could unlock wide-ranging applications.