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ArticleChem catalysis2025

SubTuner leverages physics-based modeling to complement AI in enzyme engineering toward non-native substrates.

Qianzhen Shao, Asher C Hollenbeak, Yaoyukun Jiang, Xinchun Ran, Brian O Bachmann, Zhongyue J Yang

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Article in Chem catalysis, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  5. Advances in Machine Learning Models for Predicting Enzyme Kinetic Parameters.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2026
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  9. Linker-mediated domain separation enhances cold adaptation in cellulases.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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6 authors.

Qianzhen ShaoDepartment of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States.
Asher C HollenbeakVanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States.
Yaoyukun JiangDepartment of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States.
Xinchun RanDepartment of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States.
Brian O BachmannDepartment of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States.
Zhongyue J YangDepartment of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States.

Funding

Chemical Biology of Infectious Diseases (CBID) Training ProgramT32AI112541 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Eric P Skaar · 2015 to 2026
$4.0M
Biosynthesis and Synthetic Biology of Antibiotic OligosaccharidesR01AI140400 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI BACHMANN, BRIAN O, IVERSON, T M · 2019 to 2022
$2.0M
Developing Computational Tools for Predicting and Designing Function-Enhancing Enzyme VariantsR35GM146982 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Zhongyue Yang · 2022 to 2026
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI140400NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI112541NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146982
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed SubTuner, a physics-based computational tool that tackles the challenge of identifying enzyme mutants with enhanced activity for specified non-native substrates. To test the performance of SubTuner, we designed three tasks - all aiming to identify beneficial anion methyltransferase mutants for synthesis of non-native S-adenosyl-l-methionine analogs: first in the conversion of ethyl iodide from a pool of 190 AtHOL1 single-point mutants for an initial test of accuracy and speed; second of ethyl, n-propyl, cyclopropylmethyl, and phenethyl iodide from a pool of 600 acl-MT multi-point mutants for a test of generalizability; and eventually of bulkier substrates for AtHOL1 combined with experimental characterization for a test of

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