Noncanonical Amino Acids in Biocatalysis

Z Birch-Price, FJ Hardy, TM Lister, AR Kohn… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In recent years, powerful genetic code reprogramming methods have emerged that allow
new functional components to be embedded into proteins as noncanonical amino acid …

Playing with the molecules of life

DD Young, PG Schultz - ACS chemical biology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Our understanding of the complex molecular processes of living organisms at the molecular
level is growing exponentially. This knowledge, together with a powerful arsenal of tools for …

Practical considerations, challenges, and limitations of bioconjugation via azide–alkyne cycloaddition

CJ Pickens, SN Johnson, MM Pressnall… - Bioconjugate …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Interrogating biological systems is often limited by access to biological probes. The
emergence of “click chemistry” has revolutionized bioconjugate chemistry by providing facile …

Recent advances in biocatalysis with chemical modification and expanded amino acid alphabet

AD Pagar, MD Patil, DT Flood, TH Yoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The two main strategies for enzyme engineering, directed evolution and rational design,
have found widespread applications in improving the intrinsic activities of proteins. Although …

Biocatalysis with unnatural amino acids: enzymology meets xenobiology

F Agostini, JS Völler, B Koksch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of xenobiology is to design biological systems endowed with unusual biochemical
functions, whereas enzymology concerns the study of enzymes, the workhorses of …

Enhanced enzyme stability through site-directed covalent immobilization

JCY Wu, CH Hutchings, MJ Lindsay, CJ Werner… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Breakthroughs in enzyme immobilization have enabled increased enzyme recovery and
reusability, leading to significant decreases in the cost of enzyme use and fueling …

Immobilization of proteins with controlled load and orientation

RM Bednar, TW Golbek, KM Kean… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biomaterials based on immobilized proteins are key elements of many biomedical and
industrial technologies. However, applications are limited by an inability to precisely …

Engineering of enzymes using non-natural amino acids

Y Li, PA Dalby - Bioscience Reports, 2022 - portlandpress.com
In enzyme engineering, the main targets for enhancing properties are enzyme activity,
stereoselective specificity, stability, substrate range, and the development of unique …

Click chemistry for targeted protein ubiquitylation and ubiquitin chain formation

D Rösner, T Schneider, D Schneider, M Scheffner… - Nature protocols, 2015 - nature.com
Herein we describe a simple protocol for the efficient generation of site-specific ubiquitin-
protein conjugates using click chemistry. By using two different methods to expand the …

Site-specific albumination of a therapeutic protein with multi-subunit to prolong activity in vivo

SI Lim, YS Hahn, I Kwon - Journal of controlled release, 2015 - Elsevier
Albumin fusion/conjugation (albumination) has been an effective method to prolong in vivo
half-life of therapeutic proteins. However, its broader application to proteins with complex …