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ArticleNature communications2020

Ensemble-based enzyme design can recapitulate the effects of laboratory directed evolution in silico.

Aron Broom, Rojo V Rakotoharisoa, Michael C Thompson, Niayesh Zarifi, Erin Nguyen, Nurzhan Mukhametzhanov, Lin Liu, James S Fraser, Roberto A Chica

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. Computational design of serine hydrolases.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Aron Broom *Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
Rojo V Rakotoharisoa *Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
Michael C ThompsonDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6099-2027
Niayesh ZarifiDepartment of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4748-7082
Erin NguyenDepartment of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
Nurzhan MukhametzhanovDepartment of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
Lin LiuDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-1410
James S FraserDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5080-2859
Roberto A ChicaDepartment of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. rchica@uottawa.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3789-9841

Funding

User Training and OutreachP30GM124169 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI PAUL David ADAMS · 2017 to 2026
$28.6M
Eliminating Critical Systematic Errors In Structural Biology With Next-Generation SimulationR01GM124149 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HOLTON, JAMES M · 2017 to 2024
$2.5M
Supplement to Resolving ensemble averaged conformations by multi-temperature x-ray crystallography - Equipment 2020R01GM123159 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FRASER, JAMES SOLOMON · 2018 to 2021
$2.3M
Model Comparison in Structural BiologyR21GM110580 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FRASER, JAMES SOLOMON · 2014 to 2015
$419k
Biophysical rescue of Coagulation Factor IXa conformational ensembles from hemophilia B disease mutationsF32HL129989 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI THOMPSON, MICHAEL C. · 2015 to 2017
$168k
NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL129989NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM124169NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123159NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124149NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM110580
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The creation of artificial enzymes is a key objective of computational protein design. Although de novo enzymes have been successfully designed, these exhibit low catalytic efficiencies, requiring directed evolution to improve activity. Here, we use room-temperature X-ray crystallography to study changes in the conformational ensemble during evolution of the designed Kemp eliminase HG3 (k

Indexed as

Computer SimulationEvolution, ChemicalCatalysisCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayDirected Molecular EvolutionEnzymesEnzyme StabilityKineticsLyasesMolecular Dynamics SimulationMutationProtein ConformationProtein EngineeringEnzymesLyases

Identifiers

PMID32968058
PMCPMC7511930

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