Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
64(8), P. 3149 - 3160
Published: April 8, 2024
Cytochrome
P450
enzymes
(CYPs)
play
a
crucial
role
in
Phase
I
drug
metabolism
the
human
body,
and
CYP
activity
toward
compounds
can
significantly
affect
druggability,
making
early
prediction
of
substrate
identification
essential
for
therapeutic
development.
Here,
we
established
deep
learning
model
assessing
potential
substrates,
DeepP450,
by
fine-tuning
protein
molecule
pretrained
models
through
feature
integration
with
cross-attention
self-attention
layers.
This
exhibited
high
accuracy
(0.92)
on
test
set,
area
under
receiver
operating
characteristic
curve
(AUROC)
values
ranging
from
0.89
to
0.98
substrate/nonsubstrate
predictions
across
nine
major
CYPs,
surpassing
current
benchmarks
prediction.
Notably,
DeepP450
uses
only
one
predict
substrates/nonsubstrates
any
CYPs
exhibits
certain
generalizability
novel
different
categories
which
could
greatly
facilitate
stage
design
avoiding
CYP-reactive
compounds.
Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
382(6673)
Published: Nov. 23, 2023
Biocatalysis
harnesses
enzymes
to
make
valuable
products.
This
green
technology
is
used
in
countless
applications
from
bench
scale
industrial
production
and
allows
practitioners
access
complex
organic
molecules,
often
with
fewer
synthetic
steps
reduced
waste.
The
last
decade
has
seen
an
explosion
the
development
of
experimental
computational
tools
tailor
enzymatic
properties,
equipping
enzyme
engineers
ability
create
biocatalysts
that
perform
reactions
not
present
nature.
By
using
(chemo)-enzymatic
synthesis
routes
or
orchestrating
intricate
cascades,
scientists
can
synthesize
elaborate
targets
ranging
DNA
pharmaceuticals
starch
made
vitro
CO2-derived
methanol.
In
addition,
new
chemistries
have
emerged
through
combination
biocatalysis
transition
metal
catalysis,
photocatalysis,
electrocatalysis.
review
highlights
recent
key
developments,
identifies
current
limitations,
provides
a
future
prospect
for
this
rapidly
developing
technology.
Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
379(6639), P. 1358 - 1363
Published: March 31, 2023
Enzyme
function
annotation
is
a
fundamental
challenge,
and
numerous
computational
tools
have
been
developed.
However,
most
of
these
cannot
accurately
predict
functional
annotations,
such
as
enzyme
commission
(EC)
number,
for
less-studied
proteins
or
those
with
previously
uncharacterized
functions
multiple
activities.
We
present
machine
learning
algorithm
named
CLEAN
(contrastive
learning-enabled
annotation)
to
assign
EC
numbers
enzymes
better
accuracy,
reliability,
sensitivity
compared
the
state-of-the-art
tool
BLASTp.
The
contrastive
framework
empowers
confidently
(i)
annotate
understudied
enzymes,
(ii)
correct
mislabeled
(iii)
identify
promiscuous
two
more
numbers-functions
that
we
demonstrate
by
systematic
in
silico
vitro
experiments.
anticipate
this
will
be
widely
used
predicting
thereby
advancing
many
fields,
genomics,
synthetic
biology,
biocatalysis.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(21), P. 13863 - 13895
Published: Oct. 13, 2023
Recent
progress
in
engineering
highly
promising
biocatalysts
has
increasingly
involved
machine
learning
methods.
These
methods
leverage
existing
experimental
and
simulation
data
to
aid
the
discovery
annotation
of
enzymes,
as
well
suggesting
beneficial
mutations
for
improving
known
targets.
The
field
protein
is
gathering
steam,
driven
by
recent
success
stories
notable
other
areas.
It
already
encompasses
ambitious
tasks
such
understanding
predicting
structure
function,
catalytic
efficiency,
enantioselectivity,
dynamics,
stability,
solubility,
aggregation,
more.
Nonetheless,
still
evolving,
with
many
challenges
overcome
questions
address.
In
this
Perspective,
we
provide
an
overview
ongoing
trends
domain,
highlight
case
studies,
examine
current
limitations
learning-based
We
emphasize
crucial
importance
thorough
validation
emerging
models
before
their
use
rational
design.
present
our
opinions
on
fundamental
problems
outline
potential
directions
future
research.
ACS Central Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(2), P. 226 - 241
Published: Feb. 5, 2024
Enzymes
can
be
engineered
at
the
level
of
their
amino
acid
sequences
to
optimize
key
properties
such
as
expression,
stability,
substrate
range,
and
catalytic
efficiency-or
even
unlock
new
activities
not
found
in
nature.
Because
search
space
possible
proteins
is
vast,
enzyme
engineering
usually
involves
discovering
an
starting
point
that
has
some
desired
activity
followed
by
directed
evolution
improve
its
"fitness"
for
a
application.
Recently,
machine
learning
(ML)
emerged
powerful
tool
complement
this
empirical
process.
ML
models
contribute
(1)
discovery
functional
annotation
known
protein
or
generating
novel
with
functions
(2)
navigating
fitness
landscapes
optimization
mappings
between
associated
values.
In
Outlook,
we
explain
how
complements
discuss
future
potential
improved
outcomes.
Waste Management Bulletin,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
2(3), P. 154 - 171
Published: July 22, 2024
Bioremediation,
an
advanced
and
environmentally
sustainable
technology,
utilizes
biological
microorganisms
to
mitigate
pollution.
This
review
combines
insights
from
two
perspectives:
one
focusing
on
the
mechanisms,
applications,
types
of
bioremediation,
other
examining
transformative
potential
integrating
Internet
Things
(IoT),
Artificial
Intelligence
(AI),
biosensors
in
pollution
management.
The
first
perspective
delves
into
effectiveness
bioremediation
decomposing
detoxifying
hazardous
substances,
emphasizing
its
cost-effectiveness
eco-friendliness
compared
conventional
methods.
In-situ
ex-situ
methods
are
analyzed,
along
with
intrinsic
engineered
techniques,
phytoremediation
strategies
for
heavy
metal
removal.
underscores
growing
importance
addressing
industrial
effluents,
contaminated
soils,
groundwater,
future
advancements
expected
enhance
efficiency
applicability.
From
second
perspective,
recent
IoT,
AI,
explored
their
revolutionize
waste
IoT
facilitates
real-time
monitoring
remote
management,
AI
enhances
data
analysis
predictive
modelling,
contribute
precise
pollutant
detection
environmental
monitoring.
highlights
synergistic
integration
these
technologies,
presenting
smart
systems
feedback
loops
adaptive
capabilities.
Together,
technologies
offer
scalable
solutions
mitigation,
marking
a
significant
stride
towards
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 24, 2024
Achieving
cost-competitive
bio-based
processes
requires
development
of
stable
and
selective
biocatalysts.
Their
realization
through
in
vitro
enzyme
characterization
engineering
is
mostly
low
throughput
labor-intensive.
Therefore,
strategies
for
increasing
while
diminishing
manual
labor
are
gaining
momentum,
such
as
vivo
screening
evolution
campaigns.
Computational
tools
like
machine
learning
further
support
efforts
by
widening
the
explorable
design
space.
Here,
we
propose
an
integrated
solution
to
challenges
whereby
ML-guided,
automated
workflows
(including
library
generation,
implementation
hypermutation
systems,
adapted
laboratory
evolution,
growth-coupled
selection)
could
be
realized
accelerate
pipelines
towards
superior
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(36)
Published: June 17, 2024
Abstract
This
review
analyzes
a
development
in
biochemistry,
enzymology
and
biotechnology
that
originally
came
as
surprise.
Following
the
establishment
of
directed
evolution
stereoselective
enzymes
organic
chemistry,
concept
partial
or
complete
deconvolution
selective
multi‐mutational
variants
was
introduced.
Early
experiments
led
to
finding
mutations
can
interact
cooperatively
antagonistically
with
one
another,
not
just
additively.
During
past
decade,
this
phenomenon
shown
be
general.
In
some
studies,
molecular
dynamics
(MD)
quantum
mechanics/molecular
mechanics
(QM/MM)
computations
were
performed
order
shed
light
on
origin
non‐additivity
at
all
stages
an
evolutionary
upward
climb.
Data
used
construct
unique
multi‐dimensional
rugged
fitness
pathway
landscapes,
which
provide
mechanistic
insights
different
from
traditional
landscapes.
Along
related
line,
biochemists
have
long
tested
result
introducing
two
point
enzyme
for
reasons,
followed
by
comparison
respective
double
mutant
so‐called
cycles,
showed
only
additive
effects,
but
more
recently
also
uncovered
cooperative
antagonistic
non‐additive
effects.
We
conclude
suggestions
future
work,
call
unified
overall
picture
epistasis.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
53(1), P. 227 - 262
Published: Dec. 7, 2023
This
review
summarized
NAD(P)H-dependent
amine
dehydrogenases
and
imine
reductases
which
catalyzes
asymmetric
reductive
amination
to
produce
optically
active
amines.
ACS Synthetic Biology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
12(9), P. 2650 - 2662
Published: Aug. 22, 2023
Natural
products
(NPs)
produced
by
microorganisms
and
plants
are
a
major
source
of
drugs,
herbicides,
fungicides.
Thanks
to
recent
advances
in
DNA
sequencing,
bioinformatics,
genome
mining
tools,
vast
amount
data
on
NP
biosynthesis
has
been
generated
over
the
years,
which
increasingly
exploited
develop
machine
learning
(ML)
tools
for
discovery.
In
this
review,
we
discuss
latest
developing
applying
ML
exploring
potential
NPs
that
can
be
encoded
genomic
language
predicting
types
bioactivities
NPs.
We
also
examine
technical
challenges
associated
with
development
application
research.