Fungal diseases have been underestimated worldwide but constitute a substantial threat to
several plant and animal species as well as to public health. The increase in the global …

Even though enzymes are the cornerstones of living systems, it has so far proven difficult to
deploy artificial catalysts in a biological setting. Organocatalysts are arguably well-suited …

The two main strategies for enzyme engineering, directed evolution and rational design,
have found widespread applications in improving the intrinsic activities of proteins. Although …

Supramolecular self-assembly of fibrous components and liquid–liquid phase separation
are at the extremes of the order-to-disorder spectrum. They collectively play key roles in …

There is an increasing interest in synthetic systems that can execute bioinspired chemical
reactions without requiring the complex structures that characterize enzymes in their …

Peptides and their conjugates (to lipids, bulky N-terminals, or other groups) can self-
assemble into nanostructures such as fibrils, nanotubes, coiled coil bundles, and micelles …

Focusing on applications in separation, adsorption and catalysis, this handbook underlines
the importance of this hot and exciting topic. It provides an excellent insight into the …

We describe the design of peptides with properties like thermostability, pH stability, and
antibacterial activity against a few bacterial food pathogens. Insights obtained from classical …

Despite tremendous progress in understanding and engineering enzymes, knowledge of
how enzyme structures and their dynamics induce observed catalytic properties is …

Self-assembly of short de novo designed peptides gives rise to catalytic amyloids capable of
facilitating multiple chemical transformations. We show that catalytic amyloids can efficiently …