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 …

Enzyme engineering: Resha** the biocatalytic functions

M Ali, HM Ishqi, Q Husain - Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme engineering is a powerful tool to fine‐tune the enzymes. It is a technique by which
the stability, activity, and specificity of the enzymes can be altered. The characteristic …

Computational tools for designing and engineering enzymes

J Damborsky, J Brezovsky - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Concepts of enzyme engineering.•Novelty in silico methods and
tools.•Bioinformatics for stability prediction.•Molecular modelling for mechanistic studies.•De …

Gluten degrading enzymes for treatment of celiac disease

G Wei, EJ Helmerhorst, G Darwish, G Blumenkranz… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Celiac disease (CeD) affects about 1% of most world populations. It presents a wide
spectrum of clinical manifestations, ranging from minor symptoms to mild or severe …

Importance of enzyme specificity and stability for the application of proteases in greener industrial processing-a review

P Sujitha, C Shanthi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Industries are in great need for process-apt proteases due to environmental concerns. But
the major bottlenecks in the use of enzymes in industrial processes are their lack of …

Enzyme engineering: reaching the maximal catalytic efficiency peak

M Goldsmith, DS Tawfik - Current opinion in structural biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Optimization plateaus are common when engineering enzymes for higher
catalytic efficiency.•These plateaus relate to fundamental properties of evolutionary fitness …

Evolving therapy for celiac disease

S Yoosuf, GK Makharia - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Gluten is known to be the main triggering factor for celiac disease (CeD), an immune-
mediated disorder. CeD is therefore managed using a strict and lifelong gluten-free diet …

Enantioselective enzymes by computational design and in silico screening

HJ Wijma, RJ Floor, S Bjelic, SJ Marrink… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Computational enzyme design holds great promise for providing new biocatalysts for
synthetic chemistry. A strategy to design small mutant libraries of complementary …

Tailoring enzyme microenvironment: State-of-the-art strategy to fulfill the quest for efficient bio-catalysis

M Bilal, J Cui, HMN Iqbal - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Enzymes as green industrial biocatalysts have become a powerful norm that offers several
advantages over traditional catalytic agents with regard to process efficiency, reusability …

Novel approaches for enzymatic gluten degradation to create high-quality gluten-free products

KA Scherf, H Wieser, P Koehler - Food Research International, 2018 - Elsevier
Celiac disease (CD), a chronic enteropathy of the small intestine caused by ingestion of
gluten, is one of the most prevalent food hypersensitivities worldwide. The essential …