Enzymes for chemical synthesis

New catalytic synthetic methods in organic chemistry that satisfy increasin gly stringent environmental constraints are in great demand by the pharmace utical and chemical industries. In addition, novel catalytic procedures are necessary to produce the emerging classes of organic compounds that are be coming the targets of molecular and biomedical research. Enzyme-catalysed c hemical transformations are now widely recognized as practical alternatives to traditional (non-biological) organic synthesis, and as convenient solut ions to certain intractable synthetic problems.