Protein assembly by design

J Zhu, N Avakyan, A Kakkis, AM Hoffnagle… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are nature's primary building blocks for the construction of sophisticated molecular
machines and dynamic materials, ranging from protein complexes such as photosystem II …

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 …

Recent developments in the construction and applications of platinum-based metallacycles and metallacages via coordination

Y Sun, C Chen, J Liu, PJ Stang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Coordination-driven suprastructures have attracted much interest due to their unique
properties. Among these structures, platinum-based architectures have been broadly …

Hydrogen sulfide gas amplified ROS cascade: FeS@ GOx hybrid nanozyme designed for boosting tumor chemodynamic immunotherapy

W Sun, C Zhu, J Song, SC Ji, BP Jiang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chemodynamic immunotherapy that utilizes catalysts to produce reactive oxygen species
(ROS) for killing tumor cells and arousing antitumor immunity has received considerable …

Overcoming universal restrictions on metal selectivity by protein design

TS Choi, FA Tezcan - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Selective metal coordination is central to the functions of metalloproteins:, each
metalloprotein must pair with its cognate metallocofactor to fulfil its biological role. However …

Engineering and emerging applications of artificial metalloenzymes with whole cells

M Wittwer, U Markel, J Schiffels, J Okuda, DF Sauer… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The field of artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) is rapidly growing and ArMs are attracting
increasing attention, for example, in the fields of biosensing and drug therapy. Protein …

Binding of vanadium ions and complexes to proteins and enzymes in aqueous solution

JC Pessoa, MFA Santos, I Correia, D Sanna… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
The understanding of the role of vanadium enzymes and of vanadium compounds (VCs) in
biology, as well as the design of new vanadium-based species for catalysis, materials …

Recent advances in bacterial biosensing and bioremediation of cadmium pollution: a mini-review

C Hui, Y Guo, L Liu, J Yi - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Cadmium (Cd) pollution has become a global environmental issue because Cd gets easily
accumulated and translocated in the food chain, threatening human health. Considering the …

Detection of environmental pollutant cadmium in water using a visual bacterial biosensor

C Hui, Y Guo, H Li, C Gao, J Yi - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Cadmium (Cd) contamination in water and soil is considered an environmental pollutant.
Food crops can absorb and accumulate bioavailable Cd. Continuous monitoring of Cd …

The tale of a versatile enzyme: molecular insights into keratinase for its industrial dissemination

C Su, JS Gong, J Qin, H Li, H Li, ZH Xu, JS Shi - Biotechnology Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Keratinases are unique among proteolytic enzymes for their ability to degrade recalcitrant
insoluble proteins, and they are of critical importance in keratin waste management. Over …