Protein design: From the aspect of water solubility and stability

R Qing, S Hao, E Smorodina, D Jin, A Zalevsky… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Water solubility and structural stability are key merits for proteins defined by the primary
sequence and 3D-conformation. Their manipulation represents important aspects of the …

De novo metalloprotein design

MJ Chalkley, SI Mann, WF DeGrado - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Natural metalloproteins perform many functions—ranging from sensing to electron transfer
and catalysis—in which the position and property of each ligand and metal are dictated by …

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 …

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 …

Catalytic peptide assemblies

O Zozulia, MA Dolan, IV Korendovych - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly of molecules often results in new emerging properties. Even very short
peptides can self-assemble into structures with a variety of physical and structural …

Computational enzyme design

G Kiss, N Çelebi‐Ölçüm, R Moretti… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in computational chemistry and biology have come together in the
“inside‐out” approach to enzyme engineering. Proteins have been designed to catalyze …

Protein design: toward functional metalloenzymes

F Yu, VM Cangelosi, ML Zastrow, M Tegoni… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Protein design is a valuable tool for understanding the fundamental factors that dictate
protein structure and function. The field of protein design has seen significant progress over …

Bacterial Metallostasis: Metal Sensing, Metalloproteome Remodeling, and Metal Trafficking

DA Capdevila, JJ Rondón, KA Edmonds… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Transition metals function as structural and catalytic cofactors for a large diversity of proteins
and enzymes that collectively comprise the metalloproteome. Metallostasis considers all …

Biocatalysts based on peptide and peptide conjugate nanostructures

IW Hamley - Biomacromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Peptides and their conjugates (to lipids, bulky N-terminals, or other groups) can self-
assemble into nanostructures such as fibrils, nanotubes, coiled coil bundles, and micelles …

Design of artificial enzymes: insights into protein scaffolds

S Hanreich, E Bonandi, I Drienovská - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The design of artificial enzymes has emerged as a promising tool for the generation of
potent biocatalysts able to promote new‐to‐nature reactions with improved catalytic …