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ReviewChemical Society reviews2024

Strategies for designing biocatalysts with new functions.

Elizabeth L Bell, Amy E Hutton, Ashleigh J Burke, Adam O'Connell, Amber Barry, Elaine O'Reilly, Anthony P Green

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Review in Chemical Society reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Next-Generation Manufacturing: The Evolving Role of Biocatalysis in AstraZeneca.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  13. Emergent Mechanisms in Biocatalysis.ACS central science · 2025
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  14. Designing Enzymatic Reactivity with an Expanded Palette.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Elizabeth L BellRenewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8247-743X
Amy E HuttonManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK. Anthony.green@manchester.ac.uk.
Ashleigh J BurkeManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK. Anthony.green@manchester.ac.uk.
Adam O'ConnellSchool of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. elaine.oreilly@ucd.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7210-5173
Amber BarrySchool of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. elaine.oreilly@ucd.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7819-8235
Elaine O'ReillySchool of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. elaine.oreilly@ucd.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-9216
Anthony P GreenManchester Institute of Biotechnology, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK. Anthony.green@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-1798

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The engineering of natural enzymes has led to the availability of a broad range of biocatalysts that can be used for the sustainable manufacturing of a variety of chemicals and pharmaceuticals. However, for many important chemical transformations there are no known enzymes that can serve as starting templates for biocatalyst development. These limitations have fuelled efforts to build entirely new catalytic sites into proteins in order to generate enzymes with functions beyond those found in Nature. This bottom-up approach to enzyme development can also reveal new fundamental insights into the molecular origins of efficient protein catalysis. In this tutorial review, we will survey the different strategies that have been explored for designing new protein catalysts. These methods will be illustrated through key selected examples, which demonstrate how highly proficient and selective biocatalysts can be developed through experimental protein engineering and/or computational design. Given the rapid pace of development in the field, we are optimistic that designer enzymes will begin to play an increasingly prominent role as industrial biocatalysts in the coming years.

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Protein EngineeringProteinsBiocatalysisCatalysisEnzymesEnzymesProteins

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PMID38353665
PMCPMC10946311

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