[HTML][HTML] Enzyme immobilization strategies for the design of robust and efficient biocatalysts

JM Guisan, G Fernandez-Lorente… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Different strategies for the preparation of efficient and robust immobilized biocatalysts are
here reviewed. Different physico-chemical approaches are discussed. i.-The stabilization of …

Iron insertion into coproporphyrin III‐ferrochelatase complex: Evidence for an intermediate distorted catalytic species

T Gabler, A Dali, F Sebastiani, PG Furtmüller… - Protein …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the reaction mechanism of enzymes at the molecular level is generally a
difficult task, since many parameters affect the turnover. Often, due to high reactivity and …

Development of a growth-coupled selection platform for directed evolution of heme biosynthetic enzymes in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Y Zhou, J Chen, W Pu, N Cai, B Che, J Yang… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Heme is an important tetrapyrrole compound, and has been widely applied in food and
medicine industries. Although microbial production of heme has been developed with …

Active site architecture of coproporphyrin ferrochelatase with its physiological substrate coproporphyrin III: Propionate interactions and porphyrin core deformation

A Dali, T Gabler, F Sebastiani, A Destinger… - Protein …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coproporphyrin ferrochelatases (CpfCs) are enzymes catalyzing the penultimate step in the
coproporphyrin‐dependent (CPD) heme biosynthesis pathway, which is mainly utilized by …

Bacteroides fragilis expresses three proteins similar to Porphyromonas gingivalis HmuY: Hemophore‐like proteins differentially evolved to participate in heme …

SV Antonyuk, K Siemińska, M Śmiga… - The FASEB …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Oral and gut microbiomes are important for the maintenance of homeostasis in the human
body. Altered or disturbed mutualism between their members results in dysbiosis with local …

The combination of resonance Raman spectroscopy and site directed mutagenesis to study the diverse aspects of heme protein structure and function

F Sebastiani, A Dali, G Smulevich - Journal of Porphyrins and …, 2022 - World Scientific
This review provides examples illustrating the powerful combination of resonance Raman
spectroscopy and site-directed mutagenesis to investigate the structure-function relationship …

The Role of the Hydrogen Bond Network in Maintaining Heme Pocket Stability and Protein Function Specificity of C. diphtheriae Coproheme Decarboxylase

F Sebastiani, C Baroni, G Patil, A Dali, M Becucci… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Monoderm bacteria accumulate heme b via the coproporphyrin-dependent biosynthesis
pathway. In the final step, in the presence of two molecules of H2O2, the propionate groups …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative efficacy of essential oils against Cutibacterium acnes: Effect upon strains from phylotypes with different virulence patterns

AS Oliveira, C Gaspar, J Rolo… - Microbial …, 2025 - Elsevier
Objectives Despite being a commensal of human skin, Cutibacterium acnes plays an
important role in the pathogenesis of Acne vulgaris, with the loss of bacterial phylotype …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrobindin versus myoglobin: A comparative structural and functional study

G De Simone, A di Masi, A Pasquadibisceglie… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Most hemoproteins display an all-α-helical fold, showing the classical three on three (3/3)
globin structural arrangement characterized by seven or eight α-helical segments that form a …

Revisiting catalytic His and Glu residues in coproporphyrin ferrochelatase–unexpected activities of active site variants

T Gabler, A Dali, M Bellei, F Sebastiani… - The FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The identification of the coproporphyrin‐dependent heme biosynthetic pathway, which is
used almost exclusively by monoderm bacteria in 2015 by Dailey et al. triggered studies …