[HTML][HTML] Growth-coupled enzyme engineering through manipulation of redox cofactor regeneration

JR Nielsen, RA Weusthuis, WE Huang - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Enzymes need to be efficient, robust, and highly specific for their effective use in commercial
bioproduction. These properties can be introduced using various enzyme engineering …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing microbial networks through metabolic bypasses

E Orsi, NJ Claassens, PI Nikel, SN Lindner - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Metabolism has long been considered as a relatively stiff set of biochemical reactions. This
somewhat outdated and dogmatic view has been challenged over the last years, as multiple …

In Vitro Inhibitory Activity and Molecular Docking Study of Selected Natural Phenolic Compounds as AR and SDH Inhibitors**

C Türkeş, Y Demir, Ş Beydemir - ChemistrySelect, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Polyol pathway enzymes, aldose reductase (EC 1.1. 1.21; AR, ALR2), and sorbitol
dehydrogenase (EC 1.1. 1.14; SDH, SORD) have been widely investigated as the enzymes …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing noncanonical redox cofactors to advance synthetic assimilation of one-carbon feedstocks

E Orsi, JM Hernández-Sancho, MS Remeijer… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•We discuss the use of NCRCs for supporting one-carbon assimilation.•
Engineered one-carbon oxidizing enzymes can accept NCRCs.•NCRCs can lower the …

Orthogonal glycolytic pathway enables directed evolution of noncanonical cofactor oxidase

E King, S Maxel, Y Zhang, KC Kenney, Y Cui… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Noncanonical cofactor biomimetics (NCBs) such as nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN+)
provide enhanced scalability for biomanufacturing. However, engineering enzymes to …

Shifting redox reaction equilibria on demand using an orthogonal redox cofactor

D Aspacio, Y Zhang, Y Cui, E Luu, E King… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Nature's two redox cofactors, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) and nicotinamide
adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+), are held at different reduction potentials, driving …

Design, construction, and application of noncanonical redox cofactor infrastructures

WB Black, S Perea, H Li - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Noncanonical redox cofactors (NRCs) can overcome the limitations of natural
cofactors.•NRCs enable specific delivery of reducing power outside of biological …

Cutting-edge computational approaches in enzyme design and activity enhancement

R Sun, D Wu, P Chen, P Zheng - Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Enzyme activity is crucial in biocatalysis, making methods to enhance enzyme performance
a major focus of research. Computational design provides an efficient approach to boosting …

Computer-Aided Engineering of a Non-Phosphorylating Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase to Enable Cell-Free Biocatalysis

SJB Mallinson, D Dessaux, S Barbe, YJ Bomble - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Redox cofactor utilization is one of the major barriers to the realization of efficient and cost-
competitive cell-free biocatalysis, especially where multiple redox steps are concerned. The …

Engineering Escherichia coli Pyruvate Metabolism to Generate Noncanonical Reducing Power

D Aspacio, E Luu, S Worakaensai, Y Cui, S Maxel… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The future of biomanufacturing is dependent on rewiring biological systems to establish an
alternative approach to our current chemical industries. However, a key limitation in …