The crucial role of methodology development in directed evolution of selective enzymes

G Qu, A Li, CG Acevedo‐Rocha, Z Sun… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Directed evolution of stereo‐, regio‐, and chemoselective enzymes constitutes a unique way
to generate biocatalysts for synthetically interesting transformations in organic chemistry and …

Utility of B-factors in protein science: interpreting rigidity, flexibility, and internal motion and engineering thermostability

Z Sun, Q Liu, G Qu, Y Feng, MT Reetz - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The term B-factor, sometimes called the Debye–Waller factor, temperature factor, or atomic
displacement parameter, is used in protein crystallography to describe the attenuation of X …

Single-sequence protein structure prediction using a language model and deep learning

R Chowdhury, N Bouatta, S Biswas, C Floristean… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
AlphaFold2 and related computational systems predict protein structure using deep learning
and co-evolutionary relationships encoded in multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) …

YASARA: a tool to obtain structural guidance in biocatalytic investigations

H Land, MS Humble - Protein engineering: methods and protocols, 2018 - Springer
In biocatalysis, structural knowledge regarding an enzyme and its substrate interactions
complements and guides experimental investigations. Structural knowledge regarding an …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic biology for the directed evolution of protein biocatalysts: navigating sequence space intelligently

A Currin, N Swainston, PJ Day, DB Kell - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The amino acid sequence of a protein affects both its structure and its function. Thus, the
ability to modify the sequence, and hence the structure and activity, of individual proteins in …

[HTML][HTML] Carbonic anhydrase to boost CO2 sequestration: Improving carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS)

A de Oliveira Maciel, P Christakopoulos, U Rova… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract CO 2 Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is a fundamental strategy to mitigate
climate change, and carbon sequestration, through absorption, can be one of the solutions …

[HTML][HTML] Rational design of enzyme activity and enantioselectivity

Z Song, Q Zhang, W Wu, Z Pu, H Yu - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The strategy of rational design to engineer enzymes is to predict the potential mutants based
on the understanding of the relationships between protein structure and function, and …

Enabling broader adoption of biocatalysis in organic chemistry

EO Romero, AT Saucedo, JR Hernández-Meléndez… - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis is becoming an increasingly impactful method in contemporary synthetic
chemistry for target molecule synthesis. The selectivity imparted by enzymes has been …

[HTML][HTML] Enzymes revolutionize the bioproduction of value-added compounds: From enzyme discovery to special applications

B Wiltschi, T Cernava, A Dennig, MG Casas… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Competitive sustainable production in industry demands new and better biocatalysts,
optimized bioprocesses and cost-effective product recovery. Our review sheds light on the …

Enzyme engineering: current trends and future perspectives

A Sharma, G Gupta, T Ahmad, S Mansoor… - Food Reviews …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Enzyme-based biocatalysts have a wide range of industrial applications for production,
processing and improving the quality attributes of animal feed, beverages, detergent, food …