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Artificial enzyme
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<p><i>See also <a href="/facts/Artificial_metalloenzyme/1FlPN3zu">artificial metalloenzyme</a>.</i></p> <p>An artificial enzyme is a synthetic <a href="/facts/Organic_molecule/gqCNaN45">organic molecule</a> or <a href="/facts/Ion/3bePpDna">ion</a> that recreates one or more functions of an <a href="/facts/Enzyme/DSI1Fh7y">enzyme</a>. It seeks to deliver <a href="/facts/Catalysis/LPBS7TQC">catalysis</a> at rates and selectivity observed in naturally occurring <a href="/facts/Enzyme/DSI1Fh7y">enzymes</a>. </p>