Modulation of the catalytic activity and thermostability of a thermostable GH7 endoglucanase by engineering the key loop B3

J Yang, X Zhang, Q Sun, R Li, X Wang, G Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The loop B3 of glycoside hydrolase family 7 (GH7) endoglucanases is confined into long
and short types. TtCel7 is a thermophilic GH7 endoglucanase from Thermothelomyces …

Enhancing the Heterologous Expression of a Thermophilic Endoglucanase and Its Cost-Effective Production in Pichia pastoris Using Multiple Strategies

W Dai, H Dong, Z Zhang, X Wu, T Bao, L Gao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although Pichia pastoris was successfully used for heterologous gene expression for more
than twenty years, many factors influencing protein expression remain unclear. Here, we …

Impact of disulfide bonds on the folding and refolding capability of a novel thermostable GH45 cellulase

H Yang, Y Zhang, X Li, Y Bai, W Xia, R Ma… - Applied microbiology …, 2018 - Springer
A new cellulase (Ta Cel45) of glycoside hydrolase family 45 was identified in the
thermophilic fungus Thielavia arenaria XZ7 and was successfully expressed in Pichia …

Identification of pathway-specific protein domain by incorporating hyperparameter optimization based on 2D convolutional neural network

A Ghualm, X Lei, Y Zhang, S Cheng, M Guo - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pathway-specific protein domain (PSPD) are associated with specific pathways. Many
protein domains are pervasive in various biological processes, whereas other domains are …

Engineering Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextransucrase by inserting disulfide bridges for enhanced thermotolerance

Y Zhang, J Yang, X Yu, X Hu, H Zhang - Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The disulfide bridge is a very important part of the peptide chain and plays an important role
in stabilizing the protein structure and maintaining its active function. One hundred and …

Mispacking and the fitness landscape of the green fluorescent protein chromophore milieu

S Banerjee, CD Schenkelberg, TB Jordan… - Biochemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
The autocatalytic maturation of the chromophore in green fluorescent protein (GFP) was
thought to require the precise positioning of the side chains surrounding it in the core of the …

Thermophiles and thermophilic hydrolases

S Ghosh, K Lepcha, A Basak, AK Mahanty - … and Biotechnological Aspects …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermophiles are microorganisms with optimum growth temperature of above 60° C. During
the past, several thermophilic organisms have been isolated from geothermal regions and …

Toward computationally designed self-reporting biosensors using leave-one-out green fluorescent protein

Y Huang, S Banerjee, DE Crone, CD Schenkelberg… - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Leave-one-out green fluorescent protein (LOO n-GFP) is a circularly permuted and truncated
GFP lacking the n th β-strand element. LOO7-GFP derived from the wild-type sequence …

Molecular basis of thermostability enhancement of Renilla luciferase at higher temperatures by insertion of a disulfide bridge into the structure

ZF Kahrani, R Emamzadeh, M Nazari… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2017 - Elsevier
Renilla luciferase (RLuc), also known as Renilla-luciferin 2-monooxygenase, is a light
producing enzyme used in many biotechnological applications such as bioreporters …

Crystal structure of a domain‐swapped photoactivatable sfGFP variant provides evidence for GFP folding pathway

S Kesgin‐Schaefer, J Heidemann, A Puchert… - The FEBS …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoactivatable fluorescent proteins (PA‐FPs) are a powerful non‐invasive tool in high‐
resolution live‐cell imaging. They can be converted from an inactive to an active form by …