Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization

BC Knott, E Erickson, MD Allen… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Plastics pollution represents a global environmental crisis. In response, microbes are
evolving the capacity to utilize synthetic polymers as carbon and energy sources. Recently …

Rational redesign of enzyme via the combination of quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, and structural biology study

HY Lin, X Chen, J Dong, JF Yang, H Xiao… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Increasing demands for efficient and versatile chemical reactions have prompted
innovations in enzyme engineering. A major challenge in engineering α-ketoglutarate …

The effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonding on the fluorescence of a bimetallic platinum complex

GJ Zhao, BH Northrop, KL Han… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The bimetallic platinum complexes are known as unique building blocks and arewidely
utilized in the coordination-driven self-assembly of functionalized supramolecular …

Monomeric Esterase: Insights into Cooperative Behavior, Hysteresis/Allokairy

TC Vinces, AS de Souza, CF Carvalho, AB Visnardi… - Biochemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Herein, we present a novel esterase enzyme, Ade1, isolated from a metagenomic library of
Amazonian dark earths soils, demonstrating its broad substrate promiscuity by hydrolyzing …

Catalytic mechanisms for cofactor-free oxidase-catalyzed reactions: reaction pathways of uricase-catalyzed oxidation and hydration of uric acid

D Wei, X Huang, Y Qiao, J Rao, L Wang, F Liao… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
First-principles quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM)-free energy
calculations have been performed to uncover how uricase catalyzes metabolic reactions of …

Catalytic mechanism of cytochrome P450 for 5′-hydroxylation of nicotine: fundamental reaction pathways and stereoselectivity

D Li, X Huang, K Han, CG Zhan - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A series of computational methods were used to study how cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6)
interacts with (S)-(−)-nicotine, demonstrating that the dominant molecular species of (S)-(−) …

Fundamental reaction pathway and free energy profile for inhibition of proteasome by epoxomicin

D Wei, B Lei, M Tang, CG Zhan - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
First-principles quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical free energy calculations have
been performed to provide the first detailed computational study on the possible …

A highly efficient cocaine-detoxifying enzyme obtained by computational design

F Zheng, L Xue, S Hou, J Liu, M Zhan, W Yang… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Compared with naturally occurring enzymes, computationally designed enzymes are usually
much less efficient, with their catalytic activities being more than six orders of magnitude …

Uricases as therapeutic agents to treat refractory gout: Current states and future directions

X Yang, Y Yuan, CG Zhan, F Liao - Drug development research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Strategy, Management and Health Policy Enabling Technology, Genomics,
Proteomics Preclinical Research Preclinical Development Toxicology, Formulation Drug …

Reaction Pathway and Free Energy Profile for Papain-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of N-Acetyl-Phe-Gly 4-Nitroanilide

D Wei, X Huang, J Liu, M Tang, CG Zhan - Biochemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Possible reaction pathways for papain-catalyzed hydrolysis of N-acetyl-Phe-Gly 4-
nitroanilide (APGNA) have been studied by performing pseudobond first-principles quantum …