General strategies to construct highly efficient sensing interfaces for metal ions detection from the perspective of catalysis

XY Xiao, YH Zhao, YY Li, ZY Song, SH Chen… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Constructing high-effective electrode sensing interfaces has been considered an effective
method for electrochemical detection toward heavy metal ions (HMIs). However, most …

Noncanonical Amino Acids in Biocatalysis

Z Birch-Price, FJ Hardy, TM Lister, AR Kohn… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In recent years, powerful genetic code reprogramming methods have emerged that allow
new functional components to be embedded into proteins as noncanonical amino acid …

Decoupling of the Confused Complex in Oxidation of 3, 3′, 5, 5′-Tetramethylbenzidine for the Reliable Chromogenic Bioassay

C Zhu, H Yang, X Cao, Q Hong, Y Xu, K Wang… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Regulation of the reaction pathways is a perennial theme in the field of chemistry. As a
typical chromogenic substrate, 3, 3′, 5, 5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) generally …

Photocatalytic C–O Coupling Enzymes That Operate via Intramolecular Electron Transfer

J Lee, WJ Song - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Efficient and environmentally friendly conversion of light energy for direct utilization in
chemical production has been a long-standing goal in enzyme design. Herein, we …

Anchoring a Structurally Editable Proximal Cofactor‐like Module to Construct an Artificial Dual‐center Peroxygenase

X Qin, Y Jiang, F Yao, J Chen, F Kong… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A recent novel strategy for constructing artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) that target new‐to‐
nature functions uses dual‐functional small molecules (DFSMs) with catalytic and anchoring …

Changes in Coding and Efficiency through Modular Modifications to a One Pot PURE System for In Vitro Transcription and Translation

PHT Ngo, S Ishida, BB Busogi, H Do… - ACS Synthetic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The incorporation of unnatural amino acids is an attractive method for improving or bringing
new and novel functions in peptides and proteins. Cell-free protein synthesis using the …

Engineered autonomous dynamic regulation of metabolic flux

M Ream, KLJ Prather - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2024 - nature.com
Metabolic engineering is a powerful tool to reprogramme cells to produce value-added
chemicals. Such engineering strategies require the fine-tuning of a cell's metabolism to …

Curse and Blessing of Non‐Proteinogenic Parts in Computational Enzyme Engineering

KT Korbeld, MJLJ Fürst - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme engineering aims to improve or install a new function in biocatalysts for applications
ranging from chemical synthesis to biomedicine. For decades, computational techniques …

“Just add small molecules” cell‐free protein synthesis: Combining DNA template and cell extract preparation into a single fermentation

SA Smith, CM Lindgren, LE Ebbert… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cell‐free protein synthesis (CFPS) is a versatile biotechnology platform enabling a broad
range of applications including clinical diagnostics, large‐scale production of officinal …

Dual Noncanonical Amino Acid Incorporation Enabling Chemoselective Protein Modification at Two Distinct Sites in Yeast

P Lahiri, MS Martin, BR Lino, RA Scheck… - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Incorporation of more than one noncanonical amino acid (ncAA) within a single protein
endows the resulting construct with multiple useful features such as augmented molecular …