Role of distal sites in enzyme engineering

J Gu, Y Xu, Y Nie - Biotechnology advances, 2023 - Elsevier
The limitations associated with natural enzyme catalysis have triggered the rise of the field of
protein engineering. Traditional rational design was based on the analysis of protein …

[HTML][HTML] Flavoprotein monooxygenases: versatile biocatalysts

CE Paul, D Eggerichs, AH Westphal, D Tischler… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Flavoprotein monooxygenases (FPMOs) are single-or two-component enzymes that
catalyze a diverse set of chemo-, regio-and enantioselective oxyfunctionalization reactions …

Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenases: tunable oxidative biocatalysts

MJLJ Fürst, A Gran-Scheuch, FS Aalbers… - Acs …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Pollution, accidents, and misinformation have earned the pharmaceutical and chemical
industry a poor public reputation, despite their undisputable importance to society …

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 …

Stabilization of cyclohexanone monooxygenase by computational and experimental library design

MJLJ Fürst, M Boonstra, S Bandstra… - Biotechnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Enzymes often by far exceed the activity, selectivity, and sustainability achieved with
chemical catalysts. One of the main reasons for the lack of biocatalysis in the chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond active site residues: overall structural dynamics control catalysis in flavin-containing and heme-containing monooxygenases

MJLJ Fürst, F Fiorentini, MW Fraaije - Current opinion in structural biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Monooxygenases (MOs) face a challenging reaction, requiring the coordination
of three substrates by the same active site.•To address this challenge, these enzymes …

A precise swaying map for how promiscuous cellobiose-2-epimerase operate bi-reaction

Y Feng, X Lyu, Y Cong, T Miao, B Fang, C Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Promiscuous enzymes play a crucial role in organism survival and new reaction mining.
However, comprehensive map** of the catalytic and regulatory mechanisms hasn't been …

“Nonpolarity paving” in substrate tunnel of a Limnobacter sp. Phenylacetone monooxygenase for efficient single whole-cell synthesis of esomeprazole

X Xu, Y Zhang, S Wang, L Xu, B Su, L Wang, J Lin - Bioorganic Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase (BVMO) mediated sulfoxidation is a sustainable approach
for the synthesis of esomeprazole. In this work, a novel phenylacetone monooxygenase from …

A Single-Point Mutation in d-Arginine Dehydrogenase Unlocks a Transient Conformational State Resulting in Altered Cofactor Reactivity

A Iyer, RAG Reis, S Gannavaram, M Momin… - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are inherently dynamic, and proper enzyme function relies on conformational
flexibility. In this study, we demonstrated how an active site residue changes an enzyme's …