Designing Enzymes with Artificially Designed Properties: Genetic and Physicochemical Tools
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 12116
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biocatalysis; enzyme immobilization; enzyme stabilization; enzyme chemical modification; bioprocess optimization
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Dear Colleagues,
Biocatalysis potential is growing steadily due to the great development of tools to improve enzyme features. In this sense, the strategies to generate artificial enzymes, bearing activates different to the natural ones is one important development. Artificial metal-enzymes, enzymes bearing a natural and an artificial active centre (the so-called plurizymes) are obvious examples of these new possibilities, feasible thanks to the development of dynamic simulation, chemical modification and genetic tools. Moreover, genetic and chemical modification and even enzyme immobilization can produce enzyme molecules with greatly altered catalytic features, converting non-useful enzyme for a specific process in very suitable biocatalyst. This special issue intends to cover all the current developments to generate new or highly improved activities in enzyme and protein molecules, including all possibilities.
Prof. Dr. Roberto Fernandez-Lafuente
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- artificial metaloenzymes
- plurizymes
- enzyme genetic improvement
- enzyme improvement via chemical modification
- enzyme improvement via immobilization
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