# AI designs functional enzyme components that could help expand drug discovery

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-21T20:20:14+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ai-functional-enzyme-components-drug.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/ai-designs-functional-enzyme-components-that-could-help-expand-drug-di-1c46cc/

New active ingredients for drugs to treat infections, cancer or other serious diseases are often based on substances originally discovered in microorganisms, plants or other living organisms. Producing or improving such active ingredients in a targeted manner using microorganisms is often challenging because the underlying biological processes are extremely complex.

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