Our project is intended to address some of the adverse effects of the chemicals in sunscreen on coral reefs. Coral reefs are becoming increasingly vulnerable to bleaching and degradation through a combination of factors, such as rising temperatures and ocean acidity, that are exacerbated when corals are exposed to certain toxic chemicals. In our case, we focused on oxybenzone, a common ingredient in sunscreen that, when developing into glycoside conjugates, causes corals to exhibit abnormal growths and deformities, experience bleaching, and develop free radicals that damage their DNA during prolonged contact. Thus, to address the worsening issue of coral bleaching, we examined how synthetic biology could be applied to prevent the chemical from harming coral. The most promising candidate we found to conduct this treatment was the enzyme family of laccases, naturally occurring oxidative enzymes that react with phenol groups like those on oxybenzone.