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Watkins, Daniel W., Jenkins, Jonathan M. X., Grayson, Katie J., Wood, Nicola, Steventon, Jack W., Le Vay, Kristian K., Goodwin, Matthew I., Mullen, Anna S., Bailey, Henry J., Crump, Matthew P., MacMillan, Fraser 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2410-4790, Mulholland, Adrian J., Cameron, Gus, Sessions, Richard B., Mann, Stephen and Anderson, J. L. Ross
(2017)
Construction and in vivo assembly of a catalytically proficient and hyperthermostable de novo enzyme.
Nature Communications, 8 (1).
ISSN 2041-1723
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Abstract
Although catalytic mechanisms in natural enzymes are well understood, achieving the diverse palette of reaction chemistries in re-engineered native proteins has proved challenging. Wholesale modification of natural enzymes is potentially compromised by their intrinsic complexity, which often obscures the underlying principles governing biocatalytic efficiency. The maquette approach can circumvent this complexity by combining a robust de novo designed chassis with a design process that avoids atomistic mimicry of natural proteins. Here, we apply this method to the construction of a highly efficient, promiscuous, and thermostable artificial enzyme that catalyzes a diverse array of substrate oxidations coupled to the reduction of H2O2. The maquette exhibits kinetics that match and even surpass those of certain natural peroxidases, retains its activity at elevated temperature and in the presence of organic solvents, and provides a simple platform for interrogating catalytic intermediates common to natural heme-containing enzymes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Science Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry (former - to 2024) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biophysical Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Life Processes Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2017 05:07 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2024 23:46 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64743 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-017-00541-4 |
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