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ArticleNature2019

Design and evolution of an enzyme with a non-canonical organocatalytic mechanism.

Ashleigh J Burke, Sarah L Lovelock, Amina Frese, Rebecca Crawshaw, Mary Ortmayer, Mark Dunstan, Colin Levy, Anthony P Green

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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

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70citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 165 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashleigh J BurkeManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Sarah L LovelockManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Amina FreseManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Rebecca CrawshawManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Mary OrtmayerManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Mark DunstanManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Colin LevyManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Anthony P GreenManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. anthony.green@manchester.ac.uk.
University of Manchester · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M017702/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M027023/1European Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combination of computational design and laboratory evolution is a powerful and potentially versatile strategy for the development of enzymes with new functions

Indexed as

Directed Molecular EvolutionProtein Engineering4-AminopyridineBiocatalysisCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayEstersGenetic CodeHydrolasesHydrolysisMethylhistidinesModels, MolecularMutagenesisMutationPyrococcus horikoshiiSubstrate Specificity2-haloacid dehalogenase4-Aminopyridine4-dimethylaminopyridineEstersHydrolasesMethylhistidines

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PMID31132786
OpenAlexW2946086616

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