'Negative'and 'positive catalysis': complementary principles that shape the catalytic landscape of enzymes

B Vögeli, TJ Erb - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Our understanding of enzyme catalysis is dominated by transition state theory. According to
this concept, an enzymatic reaction is guided along a desired reaction coordinate through …

A classical equation that accounts for observations of non-Arrhenius and cryogenic grain boundary migration

ER Homer, OK Johnson, D Britton… - npj Computational …, 2022 - nature.com
Observations of microstructural coarsening at cryogenic temperatures, as well as numerous
simulations of grain boundary motion that show faster migration at low temperature than at …

A microscopic description of SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibition with Michael acceptors. Strategies for improving inhibitor design

CA Ramos-Guzmán, JJ Ruiz-Pernía, I Tuñón - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The irreversible inhibition of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 by a Michael acceptor
known as N3 has been investigated using multiscale methods. The noncovalent enzyme …

The impression of a nonexisting catalytic effect: the role of CotB2 in guiding the complex biosynthesis of cyclooctat-9-en-7-ol

K Raz, R Driller, N Dimos, M Ringel… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Terpene synthases generate terpenes employing diversified carbocation chemistry,
including highly specific ring formations, proton and hydride transfers, and methyl as well as …

Mapping enzyme-substrate interactions: Its potential to study the mechanism of enzymes

S Roda, G Santiago, V Guallar - … in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
With the increase of the need to use more sustainable processes for the industry in our
society, the modeling of enzymes has become crucial to fully comprehend their mechanism …

Combined molecular dynamics and coordinate driving method for automatically searching complicated reaction pathways

G Li, Z Li, L Gao, S Chen, G Wang, S Li - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The combined molecular dynamics and coordinate driving (MD/CD) method is updated and
generalized in this work to broaden its applications in automatically searching reaction …

[HTML][HTML] A matrix completion algorithm for efficient calculation of quantum and variational effects in chemical reactions

S Bac, SJ Quiton, KJ Kron, J Chae, U Mitra… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This work examines the viability of matrix completion methods as cost-effective alternatives
to full nuclear Hessians for calculating quantum and variational effects in chemical reactions …

Generalized Transition State Theory Treatment of Water-Assisted Proton Transport Processes in Proteins

Y Liu, C Li, GA Voth - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
Transition state theory (TST) is widely employed for estimating the transition rate of a
reaction when combined with free energy sampling techniques. A derivation of the transition …

Universality of fold-encoded localized vibrations in enzymes

Y Chalopin, F Piazza, S Mayboroda, C Weisbuch… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Enzymes speed up biochemical reactions at the core of life by as much as 15 orders of
magnitude. Yet, despite considerable advances, the fine dynamical determinants at the …

Exploring Bacillus species xylanases for industrial applications: screening via thermostability and reaction modelling

SA SG, R Rajasekaran - Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Context Xylanases derived from Bacillus species hold significant importance in
various large-scale production sectors, with increasing demand driven by biofuel production …