De novo metalloprotein design

MJ Chalkley, SI Mann, WF DeGrado - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Natural metalloproteins perform many functions—ranging from sensing to electron transfer
and catalysis—in which the position and property of each ligand and metal are dictated by …

Catalysis and Electron Transfer in De Novo Designed Metalloproteins

KJ Koebke, TBJ Pinter, WC Pitts, VL Pecoraro - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
One of the hallmark advances in our understanding of metalloprotein function is showcased
in our ability to design new, non-native, catalytically active protein scaffolds. This review …

Rational design of metalloenzymes: From single to multiple active sites

YW Lin - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Artificial metalloenzymes combine the advantages of both natural enzymes and chemically
synthesized models, which have achieved significant progress in the last decade. This …

Structural conversions of synthetic and protein-bound iron–sulfur clusters

RH Holm, W Lo - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Synthetic iron–sulfur clusters of general formulation [Fe m S q L l] z with core atoms Fe and S
and terminal ligands L constitute a family of molecular clusters with remarkably diverse …

An Artificial [Fe4S4]-Containing Metalloenzyme for the Reduction of CO2 to Hydrocarbons

V Waser, M Mukherjee, R Tachibana… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Iron–sulfur clusters have been reported to catalyze various redox transformations, including
the multielectron reduction of CO2 to hydrocarbons. Herein, we report the design and …

The expanding utility of iron-sulfur clusters: Their functional roles in biology, synthetic small molecules, maquettes and artificial proteins, biomimetic materials, and …

AE Boncella, ET Sabo, RM Santore, J Carter… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ubiquity, structural variation, and functional diversity of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters in
biological environments has long fascinated scientists. In nature, Fe-S clusters form a variety …

Engineering metalloprotein functions in designed and native scaffolds

F Nastri, D D'Alonzo, L Leone, G Zambrano… - Trends in biochemical …, 2019 - cell.com
Metalloproteins are crucial for life. The mutual relationship between metal ions and proteins
makes metalloproteins able to accomplish key processes in biological systems, often very …

De novo design of symmetric ferredoxins that shuttle electrons in vivo

AC Mutter, AM Tyryshkin, IJ Campbell… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
A symmetric origin for bacterial ferredoxins was first proposed over 50 y ago, yet, to date, no
functional symmetric molecule has been constructed. It is hypothesized that extant proteins …

Metal‐Templated Design of Chemically Switchable Protein Assemblies with High‐Affinity Coordination Sites

A Kakkis, D Gagnon, J Esselborn, RD Britt… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To mimic a hypothetical pathway for protein evolution, we previously tailored a monomeric
protein (cyt cb562) for metal‐mediated self‐assembly, followed by re‐design of the resulting …

Structure and function of a bacterial microcompartment shell protein engineered to bind a [4Fe-4S] cluster

C Aussignargues, ME Pandelia, M Sutter… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are self-assembling organelles composed of a
selectively permeable protein shell and encapsulated enzymes. They are considered …