“…Biomimetic chemistry attempts to improve the performance of chemical reactions and catalysts by imitating enzymatic processes (Yatsimirsky 2004; Silavi, Divsalar & Saboury 2012). Robust biocatalysts may be formed by encapsulating a prosthetic group in hydrophobic pocket-like micelles (Moosavi-Movahedi et al 2008; Wang et al 2010), vesicles (Murakami, Hisaeda & Ohno 1984; Murakami, Hisaeda & Ohno 1987; Murakami, Hisaeda & Ohno 1990; Murakami, Hisaeda & Ohno 1991) and macrocyclic compounds (Bender & Komiyama 1978; D’Souza & M. L. Bender 1978; Tabushi & Yamamura 1983; Diederich 1988; Murakami, Kikuchi, Hisaeda & Hayashida 1996) that mimic the polypeptide envelope protecting the catalytic center of the natural enzymes. Artificial enzymes could be biomimetically constructed from native proteins as host for prosthetic active sites to simulate the catalytic functions exhibited by natural enzymes (Quilez, Lauzon, Desfosses, Mansuy & Mahy 1996; Grinbergs, O’Brien & Hrkal 1999; Monzani et al 2001).…”