Recent Advances of Magnetite (Fe3O4)-Based Magnetic Materials in Catalytic Applications

M Liu, Y Ye, J Ye, T Gao, D Wang, G Chen, Z Song - Magnetochemistry, 2023 - mdpi.com
Catalysts play a critical role in producing most industrial chemicals and are essential to
environmental remediation. Under the demands of sustainable development, environment …

Unleashing the capacity of Rhodococcus for converting lignin into lipids

ZM Zhao, ZH Liu, T Zhang, R Meng, Z Gong, Y Li… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioconversion of bioresources/wastes (eg, lignin, chemical pulping byproducts) represents a
promising approach for developing a bioeconomy to help address growing energy and …

Neighboring Carboxylic Acid Boosts Peroxidase‐Like Property of Metal‐Phenolic Nano‐Networks in Eradicating Streptococcus mutans Biofilms

Y Wang, J Zhou, L Yuan, F Wu, L Xie, X Yan, H Li, Y Li… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Developing nature‐inspired nanomaterials with enzymatic activity is essential in combating
bacterial biofilms. Here, it is reported that incorporating the carboxylic acid in phenolic/Fe …

Bioinspired Catalyst Design Principles: Progress in Emulating Properties of Enzymes in Synthetic Catalysts

B Ginovska, OY Gutiérrez, A Karkamkar, MS Lee… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Catalysis enables many aspects of modern life, including fuels, products, plastics, and
medicines. Recent advances in catalysis have enabled us to realize higher efficiencies and …

Designed metal-containing peptoid membranes as enzyme mimetics for catalytic organophosphate degradation

TKH Trinh, T Jian, B Jin, DT Nguyen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The detoxification of lethal organophosphate (OP) residues in the environment is crucial to
prevent human exposure and protect modern society. Despite serving as excellent catalysts …

[HTML][HTML] Peptide nanozymes: An emerging direction for functional enzyme mimics

S He, L Ma, Q Zheng, Z Wang, W Chen, Z Yu, X Yan… - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The abundance of molecules on early Earth likely enabled a wide range of prebiotic
chemistry, with peptides playing a key role in the development of early life forms and the …

Enhanced depolymerization of beech wood lignin and its removal with peroxidases through continuous separation of lignin fragments

KSK Teo, K Kondo, K Saito, Y Iseki, T Watanabe… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin valorization is indispensable for a green biorefinery. Enzymatic depolymerization
using ligninolytic enzymes, like manganese and lignin peroxidases, is a promising …

[HTML][HTML] Self-assembly of the de novo designed peptides to produce supramolecular catalysts with built-in enzyme-like active sites: a review of structure–activity …

Y Lou, B Zhang, X Ye, ZG Wang - Materials Today Nano, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzymes have been widely applied for green transformation in a variety of fields due to their
remarkable catalytic properties, which are largely attributed to the spatial arrangement of the …

Switchable Enzyme-mimicking catalysts Self-Assembled from de novo designed peptides and DNA G-quadruplex/hemin complex

Q Teng, H Wu, H Sun, Y Liu, H Wang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reconstruction of enzymatic active site in an artificial system is key to achieving high
catalytic efficiency. Herein, we report the self-assembly of the lysine-containing peptides with …

Supramolecular enzyme-mimicking catalysts self-assembled from peptides

Q Liu, A Kuzuya, ZG Wang - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
Natural enzymes catalyze biochemical transformations in superior catalytic efficiency and
remarkable substrate specificity. The excellent catalytic repertoire of enzymes is attributed to …