Engineering allosteric transcription factors guided by the LacI topology

AN Hersey, VE Kay, S Lee, MJ Realff, CJ Wilson - Cell Systems, 2023 - cell.com
Allosteric transcription factors (aTFs) are used in a myriad of processes throughout biology
and biotechnology. aTFs have served as the workhorses for developments in synthetic …

BioAutoMATED: An end-to-end automated machine learning tool for explanation and design of biological sequences

JA Valeri, LR Soenksen, KM Collins, P Ramesh, G Cai… - Cell Systems, 2023 - cell.com
The design choices underlying machine-learning (ML) models present important barriers to
entry for many biologists who aim to incorporate ML in their research. Automated machine …

Molecular dynamics simulations establish the molecular basis for the broad allostery hotspot distributions in the tetracycline repressor

Y Yuan, J Deng, Q Cui - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
It is imperative to identify the network of residues essential to the allosteric coupling for the
purpose of rationally engineering allostery in proteins. Deep mutational scanning analysis …

Deep mutational scanning and machine learning reveal structural and molecular rules governing allosteric hotspots in homologous proteins

M Leander, Z Liu, Q Cui, S Raman - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
A fundamental question in protein science is where allosteric hotspots–residues critical for
allosteric signaling–are located, and what properties differentiate them. We carried out deep …

Advances in ligand-specific biosensing for structurally similar molecules

C Xi, J Diao, TS Moon - Cell Systems, 2023 - cell.com
The specificity of biological systems makes it possible to develop biosensors targeting
specific metabolites, toxins, and pollutants in complex medical or environmental samples …

Deep representation learning determines drug mechanism of action from cell painting images

DR Wong, DJ Logan, S Hariharan, R Stanton… - Digital …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescent-based microscopy screens carry a broad range of phenotypic information about
how compounds affect cellular biology. From changes in cellular morphology observed in …

Unlocking Green Biomanufacturing Potential: Superior Heterologous Gene Expression with a T7 Integration Overexpression System in Bacillus subtilis

ZY Yao, MJ Yu, QQ Li, JS Gong, P Zhang… - ACS Synthetic …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Industrial biotechnology employs cells for producing valuable products and serving as
biocatalysts sustainably, addressing resource, energy, and environmental issues. Bacillus …

Rugged fitness landscapes minimize promiscuity in the evolution of transcriptional repressors

AT Meger, MA Spence, M Sandhu, D Matthews, J Chen… - Cell Systems, 2024 - cell.com
How a protein's function influences the shape of its fitness landscape, smooth or rugged, is a
fundamental question in evolutionary biochemistry. Smooth landscapes arise when …

Modulation of allostery with multiple mechanisms by hotspot mutations in TetR

J Deng, Y Yuan, Q Cui - Biophysical Journal, 2024 - cell.com
For many biomedical and biotechnological applications, modulating allosteric coupling
offers unique opportunities. Such efforts can benefit from the efficient prediction and …

Engineered sensor bacteria evolve master-level gameplay through accelerated adaptation

S Prakash, A Racovita, C Varela, M Walsh, R Galizi… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The engineering of living cells able to learn algorithms by themselves, such as playing
board games—a classic challenge for artificial intelligence—will allow complex ecosystems …