Protein conformational ensembles in function: roles and mechanisms

R Nussinov, Y Liu, W Zhang, H Jang - RSC Chemical Biology, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The sequence-structure-function paradigm has dominated twentieth century molecular
biology. The paradigm tacitly stipulated that for each sequence there exists a single, well …

Psychrophilic enzymes: strategies for cold-adaptation

T Collins, G Feller - Essays in Biochemistry, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Psychrophilic organisms thriving at near-zero temperatures synthesize cold-adapted
enzymes to sustain cell metabolism. These enzymes have overcome the reduced molecular …

Enzyme stability-activity trade-off: new insights from protein stability weaknesses and evolutionary conservation

Q Hou, M Rooman, F Pucci - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A general limitation of the use of enzymes in biotechnological processes under sometimes
nonphysiological conditions is the complex interplay between two key quantities, enzyme …

Genomic estimates of mutation and substitution rates contradict the evolutionary speed hypothesis of the latitudinal diversity gradient

H Liu, M Sun, J Zhang - Proceedings of the Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) refers to a decrease in biodiversity from the equator
to the poles. The evolutionary speed hypothesis, backed by the metabolic theory of ecology …

Modulating Substrate Specificity of Rhizobium sp. Histamine Dehydrogenase through Protein Engineering for Food Quality Applications

K Rodríguez-Núñez, A Cortés-Monroy, M Serey… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Histamine is a biogenic amine found in fish-derived and fermented food products with
physiological relevance since its concentration is proportional to food spoilage and health …

Discussing the roles of proline and glycine from the perspective of cold adaptation in lipases and cellulases

AM Öten, E Atak, B Taktak Karaca… - Biocatalysis and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Lipases and cellulases have been extensively used in the field of biotechnology for varied
purposes. Mainly, the ongoing researches focus on the improvements of kinetic and …

Comparative proteomic analysis of cold seep clam Archivesica marissinica and shallow water shellfish Ruditapes philippinarum provides insights into the adaptation …

X Kong, W Wang, S Chen, N Mao, Y Cai, Y Li… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The deep-sea environment is always characterized by high hydrostatic
pressure, fluctuating temperatures, heavy metals, darkness, and others. The Vesicomyidae …

Biochemical and in silico structural characterization of a cold-active arginase from the psychrophilic yeast, Glaciozyma antarctica PI12

NY Yusof, DHX Quay, S Kamaruddin, MA Jonet… - Extremophiles, 2024 - Springer
Glaciozyma antarctica PI12 is a psychrophilic yeast isolated from Antarctica. In this work, we
describe the heterologous production, biochemical properties and in silico structure analysis …

Earth's Climate History Explains Life's Temperature Optima

LA Schipper, JL Reeve, VL Arcus, T Isson… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Why does the growth of most life forms exhibit a narrow range of optimal temperatures below
40° C? We hypothesize that the recently identified stable range of oceanic temperatures of …

Evolutionary-Scale Enzymology Enables Biochemical Constant Prediction Across a Multi-Peaked Catalytic Landscape

DF Muir, GPR Asper, P Notin, JA Posner, DS Marks… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Quantitatively mapping enzyme sequence-catalysis landscapes remains a critical challenge
in understanding enzyme function, evolution, and design. Here, we expand an emerging …