Opportunities and challenges for machine learning-assisted enzyme engineering

J Yang, FZ Li, FH Arnold - ACS Central Science, 2024 - ACS Publications
Enzymes can be engineered at the level of their amino acid sequences to optimize key
properties such as expression, stability, substrate range, and catalytic efficiency─ or even to …

Atomic Engineering of Single‐Atom Nanozymes for Biomedical Applications

J Shen, J Chen, Y Qian, X Wang, D Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom nanozymes (SAzymes) showcase not only uniformly dispersed active sites but
also meticulously engineered coordination structures. These intricate architectures bestow …

Automated in vivo enzyme engineering accelerates biocatalyst optimization

E Orsi, L Schada von Borzyskowski, S Noack… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Achieving cost-competitive bio-based processes requires development of stable and
selective biocatalysts. Their realization through in vitro enzyme characterization and …

From ground-state to excited-state activation modes: Flavin-dependent “ene”-reductases catalyzed non-natural radical reactions

H Fu, TK Hyster - Accounts of chemical research, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Enzymes are desired catalysts for chemical synthesis, because they can be
engineered to provide unparalleled levels of efficiency and selectivity. Yet, despite the …

Machine learning-guided co-optimization of fitness and diversity facilitates combinatorial library design in enzyme engineering

K Ding, M Chin, Y Zhao, W Huang, BK Mai… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The effective design of combinatorial libraries to balance fitness and diversity facilitates the
engineering of useful enzyme functions, particularly those that are poorly characterized or …

Modular Access to Chiral Amines via Imine Reductase-Based Photoenzymatic Catalysis

B Chen, R Li, J Feng, B Zhao, J Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of catalysts serves as the cornerstone of innovation in synthesis, as
exemplified by the recent discovery of photoenzymes. However, the repertoire of naturally …

Biocatalysis for the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients in deep eutectic solvents: state-of-the-art and prospects

N Zhang, P Domínguez de María, S Kara - Catalysts, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biocatalysis holds immense potential for pharmaceutical development as it enables
synthetic routes to various chiral building blocks with unparalleled selectivity. Therein …

Navigating the landscape of enzyme design: from molecular simulations to machine learning

J Zhou, M Huang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Global environmental issues and sustainable development call for new technologies for fine
chemical synthesis and waste valorization. Biocatalysis has attracted great attention as the …

Controlled enzymatic synthesis of oligonucleotides

M Pichon, M Hollenstein - Communications Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Oligonucleotides are advancing as essential materials for the development of new
therapeutics, artificial genes, or in storage of information applications. Hitherto, our capacity …

Noncanonical Amino Acids: Bringing New-to-Nature Functionalities to Biocatalysis

B Brouwer, F Della-Felice, JH Illies… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biocatalysis has become an important component of modern organic chemistry, presenting
an efficient and environmentally friendly approach to synthetic transformations. Advances in …