Protein ensembles: how does nature harness thermodynamic fluctuations for life? The diverse functional roles of conformational ensembles in the cell

G Wei, W Xi, R Nussinov, B Ma - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
All soluble proteins populate conformational ensembles that together constitute the native
state. Their fluctuations in water are intrinsic thermodynamic phenomena, and the …

Directed evolution of enzymes for industrial biocatalysis

JL Porter, RA Rusli, DL Ollis - ChemBioChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Enzymes have the potential to catalyse a wide variety of chemical reactions. They are
increasingly being sought as environmentally friendly and cost‐effective alternatives to …

Fluorine in health care: Organofluorine containing blockbuster drugs

D O'Hagan - Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
Organic fluorine compounds have had a profound impact on the development of bioactives
for the modern pharmaceuticals market. It is estimated that up to 20% of pharmaceuticals …

Accurate prediction of enzyme thermostabilization with Rosetta using AlphaFold ensembles

F Peccati, S Alunno-Rufini… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Thermostability enhancement is a fundamental aspect of protein engineering as a
biocatalyst's half-life is key for its industrial and biotechnological application, particularly at …

[HTML][HTML] Developing fungal heterologous expression platforms to explore and improve the production of natural products from fungal biodiversity

X Meng, Y Fang, M Ding, Y Zhang, K Jia, Z Li… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural products from fungi represent an important source of biologically active metabolites
notably for therapeutic agent development. Genome sequencing revealed that the number …

The role of distant mutations and allosteric regulation on LovD active site dynamics

G Jiménez-Osés, S Osuna, X Gao, MR Sawaya… - Nature chemical …, 2014 - nature.com
Natural enzymes have evolved to perform their cellular functions under complex selective
pressures, which often require their catalytic activities to be regulated by other proteins. We …

Structural enzymology of iterative type I polyketide synthases: various routes to catalytic programming

J Wang, Z Deng, J Liang, Z Wang - Natural Product Reports, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Time span of literature covered: up to mid-2023 Iterative type I polyketide synthases (iPKSs)
are outstanding natural chemists: megaenzymes that repeatedly utilize their catalytic …

Principles of allosteric interactions in cell signaling

R Nussinov, CJ Tsai, J Liu - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Linking cell signaling events to the fundamental physicochemical basis of the
conformational behavior of single molecules and ultimately to cellular function is a key …

Engineering biosynthetic enzymes for industrial natural product synthesis

S Galanie, D Entwistle, J Lalonde - Natural Product Reports, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 to 2020 Natural products and their derivatives are commercially important
medicines, agrochemicals, flavors, fragrances, and food ingredients. Industrial strategies to …

Biocatalyst development by directed evolution

M Wang, T Si, H Zhao - Bioresource technology, 2012 - Elsevier
Biocatalysis has emerged as a great addition to traditional chemical processes for
production of bulk chemicals and pharmaceuticals. To overcome the limitations of naturally …