Target‐Specific Bioorthogonal Reactions for Precise Biomedical Applications

Z Liu, M Sun, W Zhang, J Ren, X Qu - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bioorthogonal chemistry is a promising toolbox for dissecting biological processes in the
native environment. Recently, bioorthogonal reactions have attracted considerable attention …

Creating new-to-nature carbon fixation: A guide

H Schulz-Mirbach, B Dronsella, H He, TJ Erb - Metabolic Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Synthetic biology aims at designing new biological functions from first principles. These new
designs allow to expand the natural solution space and overcome the limitations of naturally …

Multivalent Ce-MOFs as biomimetic laccase nanozyme for environmental remediation

S Liang, XL Wu, J Xiong, X Yuan, SL Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanozyme has emerged as promising alternative to natural enzyme during recent years.
Currently, laccase nanozyme is mainly limited to Cu-containing materials with catalytic Cu …

Synthetic prodrug design enables biocatalytic activation in mice to elicit tumor growth suppression

I Nasibullin, I Smirnov, P Ahmadi, K Vong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Considering the intrinsic toxicities of transition metals, their incorporation into drug therapies
must operate at minimal amounts while ensuring adequate catalytic activity within complex …

A de novo metalloenzyme for cerium photoredox catalysis

AS Klein, F Leiss-Maier, R Mühlhofer… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cerium photoredox catalysis has emerged as a powerful strategy to activate molecules
under mild conditions. Radical intermediates are formed using visible light and simple …

Whole-cell-catalyzed hydrogenation/deuteration of aryl halides with a genetically repurposed photodehalogenase

Y Fu, X Liu, Y Xia, X Guo, J Guo, J Zhang, W Zhao… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Artificial enzymes with new-to-nature reactivity are highly desirable to expand the repertoire
of biocatalysis for sustainable synthesis. To this end, artificial photoenzymes embedded with …

A Polyoxometalate‐Based Pathologically Activated Assay for Efficient Bioorthogonal Catalytic Selective Therapy

H Zhao, C Zhao, Z Liu, J Yi, X Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since polyoxometalates (POMs) can undergo reversible multi‐electron redox
transformations, they have been used to modulate the electronic environment of metal …

A membrane-embedded macromolecular catalyst with substrate selectivity in live cells

Y Deng, T Wu, X Chen, Y Chen, Y Fei… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Substrate selectivity is one of the most attractive features of natural enzymes from their “bind-
to-catalyze” working flow and is thus a goal for the development of synthetic enzyme mimics …

Chemogenetic Evolution of Diversified Photoenzymes for Enantioselective [2+ 2] Cycloadditions in Whole Cells

J Guo, J Qian, D Cai, J Huang, X Yang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Artificial photoenzymes with novel catalytic modes not found in nature are in high demand;
yet, they also present significant challenges in the field of biocatalysis. In this study, a …

An Antibody Engineered Metalloenzyme for Mediating Cell–Cell Communication and Activation of Immuno-and Chemotherapy

Z Liu, Z Liu, M Sun, W Zhang, J Ren, X Qu - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) are gaining much attention in life sciences. However, the
function of the present ArMs for disease treatment is still in its infancy, which may impede the …