Catalytic roles, immobilization and management of recalcitrant environmental pollutants by laccases: Significance in sustainable green chemistry

SFF Zofair, S Ahmad, MA Hashmi, SH Khan… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
We are facing a high risk of exposure to emerging contaminants and increasing
environmental pollution with the concomitant growth of industries. Persistence of these …

Research progress on the functions and biosynthesis of theaflavins

Y Liu, D Wang, J Li, Z Zhang, Y Wang, C Qiu, Y Sun… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Theaflavins are beneficial to human health due to various bioactivities. Biosynthesis of
theaflavins using polyphenol oxidase (PPO) is advantageous due to cost effectiveness and …

Enzyme hydration determines resistance in organic cosolvents

H Cui, L Zhang, L Eltoukhy, Q Jiang, SK Korkunç… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis in organic solvents (OSs) has found various important applications, particularly
in organic synthesis and for the production of pharmaceuticals, flavors, and fragrances …

Less unfavorable salt bridges on the enzyme surface result in more organic cosolvent resistance

H Cui, L Eltoukhy, L Zhang, U Markel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biocatalysis for the synthesis of fine chemicals is highly attractive but usually requires
organic (co‐) solvents (OSs). However, native enzymes often have low activity and …

Rapid and oriented immobilization of laccases on electrodes via a methionine-rich peptide

H Cui, L Zhang, D Söder, X Tang, MD Davari… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Different from other laccases, copper efflux oxidase (CueO) from Escherichia coli possesses
an additional methionine-rich segment (MetRich), which is generally considered to be …

How Does Surface Charge Engineering of Bacillus subtilis Lipase A Improve Ionic Liquid Resistance? Lessons Learned from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

S Pramanik, H Cui, GV Dhoke, CB Yildiz… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis in ionic liquids (ILs) gained substantial interest due to solvent properties of the
ILs, such as near-zero vapor pressure, high thermal stability, and wide tunability. Enzymes …

Polar substitutions on the surface of a lipase substantially improve tolerance in organic solvents

H Cui, M Vedder, L Zhang, KE Jaeger… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biocatalysis in organic solvents (OSs) enables more efficient routes to the synthesis of
various valuable chemicals. However, OSs often reduce enzymatic activity, which limits the …

CompassR-guided recombination unlocks design principles to stabilize lipases in ILs with minimal experimental efforts

H Cui, S Pramanik, KE Jaeger, MD Davari… - Green chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biocatalysis in ionic liquids (ILs) has gained enormous attention for the production of
biodiesel, sugar esters, and pharmaceuticals. However, hydrophilic IL interaction with …

Use of Copper as a Trigger for the in Vivo Activity of E. coli Laccase CueO: A Simple Tool for Biosynthetic Purposes

D Decembrino, M Girhard, VB Urlacher - ChemBioChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Laccases are multi‐copper oxidases that catalyze the oxidation of various electron‐rich
substrates with concomitant reduction of molecular oxygen to water. The multi‐copper …

Electrochemistry of copper efflux oxidase-like multicopper oxidases involved in copper homeostasis

I Mazurenko, T Adachi, B Ezraty, M Ilbert… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multicopper oxidases are widely studied enzymes catalyzing the oxygen reduction reaction.
Among this family, one class belongs to the copper efflux oxidases. They are far less studied …