Atomic-level design of metalloenzyme-like active pockets in metal–organic frameworks for bioinspired catalysis

W Xu, Y Wu, W Gu, D Du, Y Lin, C Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural metalloenzymes with astonishing reaction activity and specificity underpin essential
life transformations. Nevertheless, enzymes only operate under mild conditions to keep …

De novo protein design, a retrospective

IV Korendovych, WF DeGrado - Quarterly reviews of biophysics, 2020 - cambridge.org
Proteins are molecular machines whose function depends on their ability to achieve
complex folds with precisely defined structural and dynamic properties. The rational design …

Mimicking Horseradish Peroxidase Functions Using Cu2+-Modified Carbon Nitride Nanoparticles or Cu2+-Modified Carbon Dots as Heterogeneous Catalysts

M Vazquez-Gonzalez, WC Liao, R Cazelles, S Wang… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cu2+-functionalized carbon nitride nanoparticles (Cu2+–g-C3N4 NPs),∼ 200 nm, and
Cu2+–carbon dots (Cu2+–C-dots),∼ 8 nm, act as horseradish peroxidase-mimicking …

Emergent behavior in nanoconfined molecular containers

W Liu, JF Stoddart - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
The expression of biological functions, such as enzyme catalysis, immune response, and
cargo transport in confined nanospaces, with very different physical and chemical …

Catalysis and Electron Transfer in De Novo Designed Metalloproteins

KJ Koebke, TBJ Pinter, WC Pitts, VL Pecoraro - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
One of the hallmark advances in our understanding of metalloprotein function is showcased
in our ability to design new, non-native, catalytically active protein scaffolds. This review …

Synthetic Fe/Cu complexes: toward understanding heme-copper oxidase structure and function

SM Adam, GB Wijeratne, PJ Rogler, DE Diaz… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Heme-copper oxidases (HCOs) are terminal enzymes on the mitochondrial or bacterial
respiratory electron transport chain, which utilize a unique heterobinuclear active site to …

Versatile Three‐Dimensional Porous Cu@Cu2O Aerogel Networks as Electrocatalysts and Mimicking Peroxidases

P Ling, Q Zhang, T Cao, F Gao - Angewandte Chemie, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A facile strategy is presented to form 3D porous Cu@ Cu2O aerogel networks by self‐
assembling Cu@ Cu2O nanoparticles with the diameters of ca. 40 nm for constructing …

The story of the little blue box: a tribute to Siegfried Hünig

XY Chen, H Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The tetracationic cyclophane, cyclobis (paraquat‐p‐phenylene), also known as the little blue
box, constitutes a modular receptor that has facilitated the discovery of many host–guest …

Artificial metalloenzymes and metallopeptide catalysts for organic synthesis

JC Lewis - Acs Catalysis, 2013 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysts and enzymes possess unique and often complementary
properties that have made them important tools for chemical synthesis. The potential …

Bioconjugation via azide–Staudinger ligation: an overview

CI Schilling, N Jung, M Biskup, U Schepers… - Chemical Society …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioconjugation via azide– Staudinger ligation : an overview - Chemical Society Reviews (RSC
Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C0CS00123F Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious …