Recognition in the domain of molecular chirality: from noncovalent interactions to separation of enantiomers

P Peluso, B Chankvetadze - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
It is not a coincidence that both chirality and noncovalent interactions are ubiquitous in
nature and synthetic molecular systems. Noncovalent interactivity between chiral molecules …

Recent trends in biocatalysis

D Yi, T Bayer, CPS Badenhorst, S Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biocatalysis has undergone revolutionary progress in the past century. Benefited by the
integration of multidisciplinary technologies, natural enzymatic reactions are constantly …

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 …

Structure-oriented engineering of amidase: modification of twisted access tunnel for efficient synthesis of 2-chloronicotinic acid

ZM Wu, F Xie, W Zheng, CF Liu, CP Lin, RC Zheng… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amidases are robust biocatalysts for the industrial synthesis of carboxylic acids. Amidase-
catalyzed hydrolysis of 2-chloronicotinamide is regarded as a promising route for 2 …

Flexibility regulation of loops surrounding the tunnel entrance in cytochrome P450 enhanced substrate access substantially

Z Li, S Meng, K Nie, U Schwaneberg, MD Davari… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the engineering of flexible loops to improve enzyme properties has gained
attention in biocatalysis. Herein, we report a loop engineering strategy to improve the …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering enzyme access tunnels

P Kokkonen, D Bednar, G Pinto, Z Prokop… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Enzymes are efficient and specific catalysts for many essential reactions in biotechnological
and pharmaceutical industries. Many times, the natural enzymes do not display the catalytic …

Role of conformational dynamics in the evolution of novel enzyme function

MA Maria-Solano, E Serrano-Hervás… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The free energy landscape concept that describes enzymes as an ensemble of differently
populated conformational sub-states in dynamic equilibrium is key for evaluating enzyme …

Efficient O-glycosylation of triterpenes enabled by protein engineering of plant glycosyltransferase UGT74AC1

J Li, J Yang, S Mu, N Shang, C Liu, Y Zhu, Y Cai… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Triterpene O-glycosylation has attracted significant interest from the pharmaceutical industry
as a valuable means for drug design and development. Plant glycosyltransferases, which …

Ultrahigh-throughput screening enables efficient single-round oxidase remodelling

A Debon, M Pott, R Obexer, AP Green, L Friedrich… - Nature Catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
Biocatalysis provides a potentially sustainable means of chemical manufacturing. However,
the tailoring of enzymes to industrial processes is often laborious and time consuming …

[HTML][HTML] Tunnel engineering of gas-converting enzymes for inhibitor retardation and substrate acceleration

SM Kim, SH Kang, BW Jeon, YH Kim - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH), formate dehydrogenase (FDH), hydrogenase
(H2ase), and nitrogenase (N2ase) are crucial enzymatic catalysts that facilitate the …