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 …

Artificial metalloenzymes combine the advantages of both natural enzymes and chemically
synthesized models, which have achieved significant progress in the last decade. This …

Diesel engines have advantages due to their potential for high fuel conversion efficiency.
However, it is necessary to reduce pollutant emissions, particularly NOx and soot to meet …

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 …

This review focuses on recent progress in noncomputational methods to introduce catalytic
function into proteins, peptides, and peptide assemblies. We discuss various approaches to …

Metalloproteins and metalloenzymes play important roles in biological systems by using the
limited metal ions, complexes, and clusters that are associated with the protein matrix. The …

A principal goal of synthetic biology is the de novo design or redesign of biomolecular
components. In addition to revealing fundamentally important information regarding natural …

Iron-sulfur centers in metalloproteins can access multiple oxidation states over a broad
range of potentials, allowing them to participate in a variety of electron transfer reactions and …

Highlights•Recent advances in the design of coiled coils for inorganic cofactor coordination,
are described.•Both water and membrane soluble functional designs can be …

Ferredoxins are essential electron transferring proteins in organisms. Twelve plant-type
ferredoxins in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii determine the fate of electrons …