Thermal stability enhancement: Fundamental concepts of protein engineering strategies to manipulate the flexible structure

M Rahban, S Zolghadri, N Salehi, F Ahmad… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing the temperature by just a few degrees may lead to structural perturbation or
unfolding of the protein and consequent loss of function. The concepts of flexibility and …

Physical and molecular bases of protein thermal stability and cold adaptation

F Pucci, M Rooman - Current opinion in structural biology, 2017 - Elsevier
The molecular bases of thermal and cold stability and adaptation, which allow proteins to
remain folded and functional in the temperature ranges in which their host organisms live …

[HTML][HTML] Macromolecular condensation buffers intracellular water potential

JL Watson, E Seinkmane, CT Styles, A Mihut… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Optimum protein function and biochemical activity critically depends on water availability
because solvent thermodynamics drive protein folding and macromolecular interactions …

ProThermDB: thermodynamic database for proteins and mutants revisited after 15 years

R Nikam, A Kulandaisamy, K Harini… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
ProThermDB is an updated version of the thermodynamic database for proteins and mutants
(ProTherm), which has∼ 31 500 data on protein stability, an increase of 84% from the …

Temperature-controlled liquid–liquid phase separation of disordered proteins

GL Dignon, W Zheng, YC Kim, J Mittal - ACS central science, 2019 - ACS Publications
The liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) is a
commonly observed phenomenon within the cell, and such condensates are also highly …

Computational design of stable and soluble biocatalysts

M Musil, H Konegger, J Hon, D Bednar… - Acs Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Natural enzymes are delicate biomolecules possessing only marginal thermodynamic
stability. Poorly stable, misfolded, and aggregated proteins lead to huge economic losses in …

FireProt 2.0: web-based platform for the fully automated design of thermostable proteins

M Musil, A Jezik, J Horackova, S Borko… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Thermostable proteins find their use in numerous biomedical and biotechnological
applications. However, the computational design of stable proteins often results in single …

FireProt: web server for automated design of thermostable proteins

M Musil, J Stourac, J Bendl, J Brezovsky… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
There is a continuous interest in increasing proteins stability to enhance their usability in
numerous biomedical and biotechnological applications. A number of in silico tools for the …

Protein mediated enzyme immobilization

AA Caparco, DR Dautel, JA Champion - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme immobilization is an essential technology for commercializing biocatalysis. It
imparts stability, recoverability, and other valuable features that improve the effectiveness of …

Protein thermostability engineering

HP Modarres, MR Mofrad, A Sanati-Nezhad - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of enzymes for industrial and biomedical applications is limited to their function at
elevated temperatures. The principles of thermostability engineering need to be …