De novo artificial synthesis of hexoses from carbon dioxide

J Yang, W Song, T Cai, Y Wang, X Zhang, W Wang… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Develo** artificial “CO 2-sugar” platforms is meaningful for addressing
challenges posed by land scarcity and climate change to the supply of dietary sugar …

Structure and cooperativity in substrate–enzyme interactions: perspectives on enzyme engineering and inhibitor design

E Rajakumara, S Abhishek, K Nitin, D Saniya… - ACS Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Enzyme-based synthetic chemistry provides a green way to synthesize industrially important
chemical scaffolds and provides incomparable substrate specificity and unmatched stereo …

Mechanisms of promiscuity among drug metabolizing enzymes and drug transporters

WM Atkins - The FEBS journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Detoxication, or 'drug‐metabolizing', enzymes and drug transporters exhibit remarkable
substrate promiscuity and catalytic promiscuity. In contrast to substrate‐specific enzymes …

Functional metagenomic screening identifies an unexpected β-glucuronidase

S Neun, P Brear, E Campbell, T Tryfona… - Nature Chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
The abundance of recorded protein sequence data stands in contrast to the small number of
experimentally verified functional annotation. Here we screened a million-membered …

Engineering substrate specificity of HAD phosphatases and multienzyme systems development for the thermodynamic-driven manufacturing sugars

C Tian, J Yang, C Liu, P Chen, T Zhang, Y Men… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Naturally, haloacid dehalogenase superfamily phosphatases have been evolved with broad
substrate promiscuity; however, strong specificity to a particular substrate is required for …

Structural insights into endobiotic reactivation by human gut microbiome-encoded sulfatases

SM Ervin, JB Simpson, ME Gibbs, BC Creekmore… - Biochemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Phase II drug metabolism inactivates xenobiotics and endobiotics through the addition of
either a glucuronic acid or sulfate moiety prior to excretion, often via the gastrointestinal tract …

How to recruit a promiscuous enzyme to serve a new function

SD Copley, MS Newton, KA Widney - Biochemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Promiscuous enzymes can be recruited to serve new functions when a genetic or
environmental change makes catalysis of a novel reaction important for fitness or even …

In vitro evolution of antibody affinity via insertional scanning mutagenesis of an entire antibody variable region

K Skamaki, S Emond, M Chodorge… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
We report a systematic combinatorial exploration of affinity enhancement of antibodies by
insertions and deletions (InDels). Transposon-based introduction of InDels via the method …

High-Throughput, Lysis-Free Screening for Sulfatase Activity Using Escherichia coli Autodisplay in Microdroplets

B van Loo, M Heberlein, P Mair, A Zinchenko… - ACS Synthetic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Directed evolution of enzymes toward improved catalytic performance has become a
powerful tool in protein engineering. To be effective, a directed evolution campaign requires …

Setting the stage for evolution of a new enzyme

SD Copley - Current opinion in structural biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The evolution of novel enzymes has fueled the diversification of life on earth for billions of
years. Insights into events that set the stage for the evolution of a new enzyme can be …