Cech that RNA in living cells can play a role as a biocatalyst or enzyme came very surprisingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Release: The 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] Reference

Altman and Cech have now independently discovered that RNA is not only a molecule of heredity but can also serve as a biocatalyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Release: The 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] Reference

Altman and Cech have now modified this by showing that the RNA molecules not only transmit the genetic information but can also function as biocatalyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Release: The 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] Reference

"In this case, photosynthetic organisms like green algae or bacteria simply serve as a biocatalyst to convert the energy of the sun into hydrogen energy.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Fill 'er Up, With Microbes] Reference

Professor Altman, Professor Cech, you have made the unexpected discovery that RNA is not only a molecule of heredity in living cells, but also can serve as a biocatalyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989 - Presentation Speech] Reference

And as many have said, as Senator Lugar and Mr. Woolsey argued in their piece, even in good agricultural times, when farm prices are high and the land is in use, there is more than enough land available at sound conservation practices for us to develop this if we can develop the biocatalyst and the advance processing technologies necessary to make bio-energy work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By The President At Bio Energy Event] Reference

Organic phase buffers control biocatalyst activity independent initial aqueous pH.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

Solyndra (thin film solar) and Codexis (a biocatalyst producer for pharma and biofuels).    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

He will lead OPXBIO's efforts to optimize its biocatalyst for the production of bioacrylic, the company's first product.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]

Through directed evolution, Codexis developed a transaminase enzyme that acts as an efficient biocatalyst for transforming ketone into sitagliptin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business Wire Travel News] Reference

The commercial viability challenge is lowering the manufacturing cost of the fuel by enabling the biocatalyst to go through many cycles before replacement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

P.A.; Groocock, M.R.; Blacker, A.J.; Goode, P.; Dalton, H.: Stereoselective benzylic hydroxylation of 2-substituted indanes using toluene dioxygenase as biocatalyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The technology offers a new method for catalyzing a chemical reaction or for causing a biocatalyst reaction, for example, and thus for treating diseased humans or animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]

In March, Royal Dutch Shell expanded its partnership with biocatalyst developer Codexis to enhance the performance of enzymes and microbes used in cellulosic ethanol production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biodiesel and Ethanol Investing] Reference

The company is also using its technology platform to pursue biocatalyst-enabled solutions in other bioindustrial markets, including carbon management, water treatment and chemicals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cleantech Blog] Reference

The process, which used to be considered too energy inefficient, uses a multi-step, low pressure, and low temperature biocatalyst to break the CO2 into 'basic hydrocarbon building blocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Distinguished Professor Thomas Cech shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery that RNA in living cells is not only a molecule of heredity but also can function as a biocatalyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Headlines at CU Boulder] Reference

Immobilization of TvDAO on Sepabeads EC-EP however stabilized the enzyme beyond this effect and led to a highly stable biocatalyst that could be reused in multiple cycles of substrate conversion.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the biocatalyst development project was the product of nine years of genetic engineering, quantitative physiology, fermentation development and analytical chemistry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Food IngredientsFIrst News] Reference

Jan. 7 / PRNewswire / -- Codexis, Inc. today announced a licensing agreement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., to produce an important publicly-undisclosed generic product, using a proprietary Codexis biocatalyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories] Reference

"Congratulations are very much in order for the teams that successfully engineered the biocatalyst and implemented the process at the Blair plant for industrial-scale production," said Chris Mallett, Cargill vice president of research and development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Food IngredientsFIrst News] Reference

Carbon Sciences has devised a way to unravel CO2 using a "biocatalyst that will combine the hydrogen in water with the carbon dioxide, without the usual large expenditure of energy required to break the chemical bond between water's hydrogen and oxygen.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

The US Environmental Protection Agency requires water systems to test and treat for atrazine and the school's new biocatalyst-based drinking water filtration technology can reduce atrazine concentrations to below the detectable limit without producing a water waste stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal] Reference

About CoEBio3: Based in the University of Manchester the CoEBio3 is the UK's leading research organisation, designed to provide a world-class scientific environment in which the necessary research and development can be carried out to create new biocatalyst-based processes to meet the changing needs of the chemical industry in the next 10-20 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media Newswire] Reference

Once that process is complete, a biocatalyst (though not brewer’s yeast; it can’t metabolize some of the sugars produced) is added to begin the fermentation of the resulting sugars into ethanol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spinning straw into liquid gold] Reference

RNA molecule which acts as a biocatalyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989] Reference