Directed evolution: methodologies and applications

Y Wang, P Xue, M Cao, T Yu, ST Lane… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Directed evolution aims to expedite the natural evolution process of biological molecules
and systems in a test tube through iterative rounds of gene diversifications and library …

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 …

mScarlet: a bright monomeric red fluorescent protein for cellular imaging

DS Bindels, L Haarbosch, L Van Weeren, M Postma… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We report the engineering of mScarlet, a truly monomeric red fluorescent protein with record
brightness, quantum yield (70%) and fluorescence lifetime (3.9 ns). We developed mScarlet …

Directed evolution empowered redesign of natural proteins for the sustainable production of chemicals and pharmaceuticals

UT Bornscheuer, B Hauer, KE Jaeger… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Directed evolution has advanced into a standard industrial “tool” to tailor naturally occurring
proteins for a variety of biotechnological applications, thus enabling product valorization and …

Synthetic biology for the directed evolution of protein biocatalysts: navigating sequence space intelligently

A Currin, N Swainston, PJ Day, DB Kell - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The amino acid sequence of a protein affects both its structure and its function. Thus, the
ability to modify the sequence, and hence the structure and activity, of individual proteins in …

Thermostability engineering of industrial enzymes through structure modification

NG Nezhad, RNZRA Rahman, YM Normi… - Applied Microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
Thermostability is an essential requirement of enzymes in the industrial processes to
catalyze the reactions at high temperatures; thus, enzyme engineering through directed …

The state-of-the-art strategies of protein engineering for enzyme stabilization

Q Liu, G Xun, Y Feng - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Enzymes generated by natural recruitment and protein engineering have greatly contribute
in various sets of applications. However, their insufficient stability is a bottleneck that limit the …

A primer to directed evolution: current methodologies and future directions

LS Vidal, M Isalan, JT Heap… - RSC Chemical Biology, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Directed evolution is one of the most powerful tools for protein engineering and functions by
harnessing natural evolution, but on a shorter timescale. It enables the rapid selection of …

Directed evolution 2.0: improving and deciphering enzyme properties

F Cheng, L Zhu, U Schwaneberg - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Directed evolution has matured to a routinely applied algorithm to tailor enzyme properties
to meet the demands in various applications. In order to free directed enzyme evolution from …

Efficient and feasible biocatalysts: Strategies for enzyme improvement. A review

SH Albayati, NG Nezhad, AG Taki… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Owing to the environmental friendliness and vast advantages that enzymes offer in the
biotechnology and industry fields, biocatalysts are a prolific investigation field. However, the …