From protein film electrochemistry to nanoconfined enzyme cascades and the electrochemical leaf

FA Armstrong, B Cheng, RA Herold… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Protein film electrochemistry (PFE) has given unrivalled insight into the properties of redox
proteins and many electron-transferring enzymes, allowing investigations of otherwise ill …

Rationally programming nanomaterials with DNA for biomedical applications

L He, J Mu, O Gang, X Chen - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
DNA is not only a carrier of genetic information, but also a versatile structural tool for the
engineering and self‐assembling of nanostructures. In this regard, the DNA template has …

Electrochemical molecule trap-based sensing of low-abundance enzymes in one living cell

R Pan, D Wang, K Liu, HY Chen… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Measuring the activity of low-abundance enzymes, down to a few molecules in one living
cell, is important but challenging to elucidate their biological function. Here, an …

Microscale colocalization of cascade enzymes yields activity enhancement

Y Xiong, S Tsitkov, H Hess, O Gang, Y Zhang - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Colocalization of cascade enzymes is broadly discussed as a phenomenon that can boost
the cascade reaction throughput, although a direct experimental verification is often …

A modular DNA origami nanocompartment for engineering a cell-free, protein unfolding and degradation pathway

J Huang, A Jaekel, J van den Boom… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Within the cell, chemical reactions are often confined and organized through a modular
architecture. This facilitates the targeted localization of molecular species and their efficient …

Microenvironmental effects can masquerade as substrate channelling in cascade biocatalysis

W Abdallah, X Hong, S Banta, I Wheeldon - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural cascades frequently use spatial organization to introduce beneficial substrate
channeling mechanisms, a strategy that has been widely mimicked in many engineered …

Cascaded enzyme reactions over a three-dimensional, wireframe DNA origami scaffold

JS Kahn, Y Xiong, J Huang, O Gang - Jacs Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
DNA nanotechnology has increasingly been used as a platform to scaffold enzymes based
on its unmatched ability to structure enzymes in a desired format. The capability to organize …

Coupling protein scaffold and biosilicification: A sustainable and recyclable approach for d-mannitol production via one-step purification and immobilization of …

W Liu, Y Deng, Y Li, L Yang, L Zhu, L Jiang - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Enzymatic synthesis of biochemicals in vitro is vital in synthetic biology for its efficiency,
minimal by-products, and easy product separation. However, challenges like enzyme …

Encapsulin nanocontainers as versatile scaffolds for the development of artificial metabolons

MC Jenkins, S Lutz - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2021 - ACS Publications
The construction of non-native biosynthetic pathways represents a powerful, modular
strategy for the production of valuable synthons and fine chemicals. Accordingly, artificially …

High Enzymatic Activity of CO2 Conversion Achieved by Controllable Enzyme Immobilization and Microenvironment

J Dong, X Jiang, Y Fan, F Cheng, S Xue… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Enzyme immobilization has greatly facilitated the development of biocatalysts in industry.
Lack of control over the enzymatic orientation and microenvironment often results in low …