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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

An Artificial Metal-Free Peroxidase Designed Using a Ferritin Cage for Bioinspired Catalysis.

Jiaxin Tian, Basudev Maity, Tadaomi Furuta, Tiezheng Pan, Takafumi Ueno

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jiaxin TianSchool of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8501, Japan.
Basudev MaitySchool of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8501, Japan.
Tadaomi FurutaSchool of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8501, Japan.
Tiezheng PanSchool of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8501, Japan.
Takafumi UenoSchool of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8501, Japan.

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Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-Driven R and D JPMJTR224AJapan Science and Technology AgencyJSPS KAKENHI 22H00347JSPS KAKENHI 22H04744JST SPRING JPMJSP2106JST SPRING JPMJSP2180Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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Abstract

Developing artificial enzymes is challenging because it requires precise design of active sites with well-arranged amino acid residues. Histidine-rich oligopeptides have been recently shown to exhibit peroxidase-mimetic activities, but their catalytic function relies on maintaining unique supramolecular structures. This work demonstrates the design of a specific array of histidine residues on the internal surface of the ferritin cage to function as an active center for catalysis. The crystal structures of the ferritin mutants revealed histidine-histidine interactions, forming well-defined histidine clusters (His-clusters). These mutants exhibit peroxidase-mimetic activities by oxidizing 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. Molecular dynamics simulations further highlight the co-localization of TMB and hydrogen peroxide at the histidine-rich clusters, indicating that the confined environment of the ferritin cage enhances their interactions. This study presents a simple yet effective approach to design metal-free artificial enzymes, paving the way for innovations in bioinspired catalysis.

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Biomimetic MaterialsFerritinsPeroxidaseBenzidinesCatalysisCatalytic DomainHistidineHydrogen PeroxideMolecular Dynamics SimulationOxidation-Reduction3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidineBenzidinesFerritinsHistidineHydrogen PeroxidePeroxidaseArtificial peroxidase designFerritinHistidine clusterProtein cageX‐ray structure analysis

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PMID40272036
PMCPMC12207384

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