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 …

Instability challenges and stabilization strategies of pharmaceutical proteins

M Akbarian, SH Chen - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Maintaining the structure of protein and peptide drugs has become one of the most important
goals of scientists in recent decades. Cold and thermal denaturation conditions …

Site-resolved measurement of water-protein interactions by solution NMR

NV Nucci, MS Pometun, AJ Wand - Nature structural & molecular …, 2011 - nature.com
The interactions of biological macromolecules with water are fundamental to their structure,
dynamics and function. Historically, characterization of the location and residence times of …

Study and design of stability in GH5 cellulases

S Badieyan, DR Bevan, C Zhang - Biotechnology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Thermostable enzymes that hydrolyze lignocellulosic materials provide potential
advantages in process configuration and enhancement of production efficiency over their …

Protein pockets: inventory, shape, and comparison

RG Coleman, KA Sharp - Journal of chemical information and …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The shape of the protein surface dictates what interactions are possible with other
macromolecules, but defining discrete pockets or possible interaction sites remains difficult …

Shedding light on the extra thermal stability of thermophilic proteins

A Pica, G Graziano - Biopolymers, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
An entropic stabilization mechanism has recently gained attention and credibility as the
physical ground for the extra thermal stability of globular proteins from thermophilic …

Engineering of Thermovibrio ammonificans carbonic anhydrase mutants with increased thermostability

R Parra-Cruz, PL Lau, HS Loh, A Pordea - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbonic anhydrase can be used as an additive to improve the efficiency of carbon capture
and utilisation processes, due to its ability to increase the rate of CO 2 absorption into …

Characterization of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide/hexanol reverse micelles by experimentally benchmarked molecular dynamics simulations

B Fuglestad, K Gupta, AJ Wand, KA Sharp - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
Encapsulation of small molecules, proteins, and other macromolecules within the protective
water core of reverse micelles is emerging as a powerful strategy for a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] A novel thermostable YtnP lactonase from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia inhibits Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in vitro and in vivo

J Curcic, M Dinic, K Novovic, Z Vasiljevic… - International journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Infections caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens are one of the biggest challenges facing
the healthcare system today. Quorum quenching (QQ) enzymes have the potential to be …

[HTML][HTML] A novel hyperthermostable recombinant protein nanocage

Y Ahmadyousefi, M Saidijam, B Amirheidari… - Iranian Biomedical …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Ferritin has an important role in iron storage in the cells, and due to its
nanocage structure and self-assembly properties, it has wide application prospects in …