#BiocompatibleChemistry

Jonathan Dennis, PhD 🧪🦠

@biotechnoloj

1 year ago

I'll wrap up this 🧵with the same question that I pose during any presentation that I give on #BiocompatibleChemistry.

If non-enzymatic catalysts readily catalyse reactions inside cells, is Nature already using biocompatible chemistry??

(Yes! But that's a thread for another day!)

Jonathan Dennis, PhD 🧪🦠

@biotechnoloj

1 year ago

#Biocatalysis uses biological tools (enzymatic catalysts) in a chemical synthetic environment.

#BiocompatibleChemistry uses chemical tools (non-enzymatic catalysts) in a biological synthetic environment.

So conceptually, how does that look?