Design of artificial enzymes: insights into protein scaffolds.

S Hanreich, E Bonandi, I Drienovská - Chembiochem: a European …, 2022 - europepmc.org
The design of artificial enzymes has emerged as a promising tool for the generation of
potent biocatalysts able to promote new-to-nature reactions with improved catalytic …

[HTML][HTML] Aspartate or arginine? Validated redox state X-ray structures elucidate mechanistic subtleties of FeIV = O formation in bacterial dye-decolorizing …

M Lučić, MT Wilson, DA Svistunenko, RL Owen… - JBIC Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Structure determination of proteins and enzymes by X-ray crystallography remains
the most widely used approach to complement functional and mechanistic studies …

Learning epistasis and residue coevolution patterns: Current trends and future perspectives for advancing enzyme engineering

M Wittmund, F Cadet, MD Davari - ACS catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Engineering proteins and enzymes with the desired functionality has broad applications in
molecular biology, biotechnology, biomedical sciences, health, and medicine. The vastness …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Biomimetic design of graphdiyne supported hemin for enhanced peroxidase-like activity

T Wang, X Bi, L Wang, M Liu, WY William, Z Zhu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective electronic interactions between molecular catalysts and supports are critical for
heterogeneous enzyme mimics, yet they are frequently neglected in most catalyst designs …

Dual-signal output paper sensor based on coordinative self-assembly biomimetic nanozyme for point-of-care detection of biomarker

Y Du, Z Ke, J Zhang, G Feng - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022 - Elsevier
Paper-based point-of-care (POC) devices exhibit the advantages of simplicity, rapidity, trim
sizes, and low cost, which are of particular importance for food safety, biological analysis …

How Does Surface Charge Engineering of Bacillus subtilis Lipase A Improve Ionic Liquid Resistance? Lessons Learned from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

S Pramanik, H Cui, GV Dhoke, CB Yildiz… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis in ionic liquids (ILs) gained substantial interest due to solvent properties of the
ILs, such as near-zero vapor pressure, high thermal stability, and wide tunability. Enzymes …

A dual anchoring strategy for the directed evolution of improved artificial transfer hydrogenases based on carbonic anhydrase

A Stein, D Chen, NV Igareta, Y Cotelle… - ACS Central …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Artificial metalloenzymes result from anchoring a metal cofactor within a host protein. Such
hybrid catalysts combine the selectivity and specificity of enzymes with the versatility of …

Manganese Transfer Hydrogenases Based on the Biotin‐Streptavidin Technology

W Wang, R Tachibana, Z Zou, D Chen… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial (transfer) hydrogenases have been developed for organic synthesis, but they rely
on precious metals. Native hydrogenases use Earth‐abundant metals, but these cannot be …

Catch-and-Release: The Assembly, Immobilization, and Recycling of Redox-Reversible Artificial Metalloenzymes

AH Miller, EV Blagova, B Large, RL Booth… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Technologies to improve the applicability of artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) are gaining
considerable interest; one such approach is the immobilization of these biohybrid catalysts …