Designing artificial metalloenzymes by tuning of the environment beyond the primary coordination sphere

C Van Stappen, Y Deng, Y Liu, H Heidari… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metalloenzymes catalyze a variety of reactions using a limited number of natural amino
acids and metallocofactors. Therefore, the environment beyond the primary coordination …

A brief history of de novo protein design: minimal, rational, and computational

DN Woolfson - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Protein design has come of age, but how will it mature? In the 1980s and the 1990s, the
primary motivation for de novo protein design was to test our understanding of the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Application of metal-based biomaterials in wound repair

H Wang, Z Xu, Q Li, J Wu - Engineered Regeneration, 2021 - Elsevier
Wound repair, as one of the most intricate biological mechanisms, is essential to ensure the
formation and integrity of the skin barrier. However, multiple factors can cause delays and …

An artificial miniaturized peroxidase for signal amplification in lateral flow immunoassays

E Renzi, A Piper, F Nastri, A Merkoçi, A Lombardi - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Signal amplification strategies are widely used for improving the sensitivity of lateral flow
immunoassays (LFiAs). Herein, the artificial miniaturized peroxidase Fe (III)‐MimochromeVI …

From random to rational: improving enzyme design through electric fields, second coordination sphere interactions, and conformational dynamics

SS Chaturvedi, D Bím, CZ Christov… - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Enzymes are versatile and efficient biological catalysts that drive numerous cellular
processes, motivating the development of enzyme design approaches to tailor catalysts for …

Intracellular reactions promoted by bis (histidine) miniproteins stapled using palladium (II) complexes

S Learte‐Aymamí, C Vidal… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The generation of catalytically active metalloproteins inside living mammalian cells is a
major research challenge at the interface between catalysis and cell biology. Herein we …

Molecular understanding of heteronuclear active sites in heme–copper oxidases, nitric oxide reductases, and sulfite reductases through biomimetic modelling

CJ Reed, QN Lam, EN Mirts, Y Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Heme–copper oxidases (HCO), nitric oxide reductases (NOR), and sulfite reductases (SiR)
catalyze the multi-electron and multi-proton reductions of O2, NO, and SO32−, respectively …

An Overview of Scaffolds and Biomaterials for Skin Expansion and Soft Tissue Regeneration: Insights on Zinc and Magnesium as New Potential Key Elements

N Hassan, T Krieg, M Zinser, K Schröder, N Kröger - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The utilization of materials in medical implants, serving as substitutes for non-functional
biological structures, supporting damaged tissues, or reinforcing active organs, holds …

Biodegradation of aromatic pollutants by metalloenzymes: A structural-functional-environmental perspective

YW Lin - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental security is closely related to public health. Aromatic pollutants constitute a
class of hazardous environmental chemicals, such as halophenols and polycyclic aromatic …