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 …

Recombinant lipases and phospholipases and their use as biocatalysts for industrial applications

GM Borrelli, D Trono - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
Lipases and phospholipases are interfacial enzymes that hydrolyze hydrophobic ester
linkages of triacylglycerols and phospholipids, respectively. In addition to their role as …

Disulfide by Design 2.0: a web-based tool for disulfide engineering in proteins

DB Craig, AA Dombkowski - BMC bioinformatics, 2013 - Springer
Background Disulfide engineering is an important biotechnological tool that has advanced a
wide range of research. The introduction of novel disulfide bonds into proteins has been …

From protein engineering to immobilization: promising strategies for the upgrade of industrial enzymes

RK Singh, MK Tiwari, R Singh, JK Lee - International journal of molecular …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Enzymes found in nature have been exploited in industry due to their inherent catalytic
properties in complex chemical processes under mild experimental and environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Protein disulfide engineering

AA Dombkowski, KZ Sultana, DB Craig - FEBS letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Improving the stability of proteins is an important goal in many biomedical and industrial
applications. A logical approach is to emulate stabilizing molecular interactions found in …

Enhanced enzyme kinetic stability by increasing rigidity within the active site

Y Xie, J An, G Yang, G Wu, Y Zhang, L Cui… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Enzyme stability is an important issue for protein engineers. Understanding how rigidity in
the active site affects protein kinetic stability will provide new insight into enzyme …

Two strategies to engineer flexible loops for improved enzyme thermostability

H Yu, Y Yan, C Zhang, PA Dalby - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Flexible sites are potential targets for engineering the stability of enzymes. Nevertheless, the
success rate of the rigidifying flexible sites (RFS) strategy is still low due to a limited …

Engineering proteins for thermostability through rigidifying flexible sites

H Yu, H Huang - Biotechnology advances, 2014 - Elsevier
Engineering proteins for thermostability is an exciting and challenging field since it is critical
for broadening the industrial use of recombinant proteins. Thermostability of proteins arises …

Perspectives on the Role of Enzymatic Biocatalysis for the Degradation of Plastic PET

RP Magalhães, JM Cunha, SF Sousa - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plastics are highly durable and widely used materials. Current methodologies of plastic
degradation, elimination, and recycling are flawed. In recent years, biodegradation (the …

Molecular and functional diversity of yeast and fungal lipases: Their role in biotechnology and cellular physiology

R Gupta, A Kumari, P Syal, Y Singh - Progress in lipid research, 2015 - Elsevier
Lipase catalyzes hydrolysis of fats in lipid water interphase and perform variety of
biotransformation reactions under micro aqueous conditions. The major sources include …