Nanodiscs: A toolkit for membrane protein science

SG Sligar, IG Denisov - Protein Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane proteins are involved in numerous vital biological processes, including transport,
signal transduction and the enzymes in a variety of metabolic pathways. Integral membrane …

FRET-based dynamic structural biology: Challenges, perspectives and an appeal for open-science practices

E Lerner, A Barth, J Hendrix, B Ambrose, V Birkedal… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Single-molecule FRET (smFRET) has become a mainstream technique for studying
biomolecular structural dynamics. The rapid and wide adoption of smFRET experiments by …

Conformational activation promotes CRISPR-Cas12a catalysis and resetting of the endonuclease activity

S Stella, P Mesa, J Thomsen, B Paul, P Alcón… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Cas12a, also known as Cpf1, is a type VA CRISPR-Cas RNA-guided endonuclease that is
used for genome editing based on its ability to generate specific dsDNA breaks. Here, we …

Biased cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism via small-molecule ligands binding P450 oxidoreductase

SB Jensen, S Thodberg, S Parween, ME Moses… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Metabolic control is mediated by the dynamic assemblies and function of multiple redox
enzymes. A key element in these assemblies, the P450 oxidoreductase (POR), donates …

Dynamic metabolic solutions to the sessile life style of plants

C Knudsen, NJ Gallage, CC Hansen, BL Møller… - Natural product …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2018 Plants are sessile organisms. To compensate for not being able to
escape when challenged by unfavorable growth conditions, pests or herbivores, plants have …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanism of metabolic NAD (P) H-dependent electron-transfer systems: The role of redox cofactors

T Iyanagi - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract NAD (P) H-dependent electron-transfer (ET) systems require three functional
components: a flavin-containing NAD (P) H-dehydrogenase, one-electron carrier and metal …

Direct observation of Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase diffusional states by Single Particle Tracking and their remodeling by mutations and inhibition

SSR Bohr, PM Lund, AS Kallenbach, H Pinholt… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Lipases are interfacially activated enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ester bonds and
constitute prime candidates for industrial and biotechnological applications ranging from …

Fundamentals to function: Quantitative and scalable approaches for measuring protein stability

B Atsavapranee, CD Stark, F Sunden, S Thompson… - Cell systems, 2021 - cell.com
Folding a linear chain of amino acids into a three-dimensional protein is a complex physical
process that ultimately confers an impressive range of diverse functions. Although recent …

[HTML][HTML] Stabilization of dhurrin biosynthetic enzymes from Sorghum bicolor using a natural deep eutectic solvent

C Knudsen, K Bavishi, KM Viborg, DP Drew… - Phytochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have gained increasing
attention due to their ability to extract and solubilize metabolites and biopolymers in …

Defining optimal electron transfer partners for light-driven cytochrome P450 reactions

SB Mellor, MH Vinde, AZ Nielsen, GT Hanke… - Metabolic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Plants and cyanobacteria are promising heterologous hosts for metabolic engineering, and
particularly suited for expression of cytochrome P450 (P450s), enzymes that catalyse key …