The Development and Opportunities of Predictive Biotechnology
ChemBioChem,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
25(13)
Опубликована: Май 7, 2024
Recent
advances
in
bioeconomy
allow
a
holistic
view
of
existing
and
new
process
chains
enable
novel
production
routines
continuously
advanced
by
academia
industry.
All
this
progress
benefits
from
growing
number
prediction
tools
that
have
found
their
way
into
the
field.
For
example,
automated
genome
annotations,
for
building
model
structures
proteins,
structural
protein
methods
such
as
AlphaFold2
Язык: Английский
Noncanonical Amino Acids: Bringing New-to-Nature Functionalities to Biocatalysis
Chemical Reviews,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
124(19), С. 10877 - 10923
Опубликована: Сен. 27, 2024
Biocatalysis
has
become
an
important
component
of
modern
organic
chemistry,
presenting
efficient
and
environmentally
friendly
approach
to
synthetic
transformations.
Advances
in
molecular
biology,
computational
modeling,
protein
engineering
have
unlocked
the
full
potential
enzymes
various
industrial
applications.
However,
inherent
limitations
natural
building
blocks
sparked
a
revolutionary
shift.
Язык: Английский
Reengineering of a flavin‐binding fluorescent protein using ProteinMPNN
Protein Science,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
33(4)
Опубликована: Март 19, 2024
Recent
advances
in
machine
learning
techniques
have
led
to
development
of
a
number
protein
design
and
engineering
approaches.
One
them,
ProteinMPNN,
predicts
an
amino
acid
sequence
that
would
fold
match
user-defined
backbone
structure.
Its
performance
was
previously
tested
for
proteins
composed
standard
acids,
as
well
peptide-
protein-binding
proteins.
In
this
short
report,
we
test
whether
ProteinMPNN
can
be
used
reengineer
non-proteinaceous
ligand-binding
protein,
flavin-based
fluorescent
CagFbFP.
We
fixed
the
native
conformation
identity
20
acids
interacting
with
chromophore
(flavin
mononucleotide,
FMN)
while
letting
predict
rest
sequence.
The
software
package
suggested
replacing
36-48
out
remaining
86
so
resulting
sequences
are
55%-66%
identical
original
one.
three
designs
experimentally
displayed
different
expression
levels,
yet
all
were
able
bind
FMN
fluorescence,
thermal
stability,
other
properties
similar
those
Our
results
demonstrate
generate
diverging
unnatural
variants
proteins,
and,
more
generally,
without
losing
their
capabilities.
Язык: Английский
Engineering Candida boidinii formate dehydrogenase for activity with NMN(H)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Июль 22, 2024
Abstract
Multi-step
enzymatic
reaction
cascades
often
involve
cofactors
that
serve
as
electron
donors/acceptors
in
addition
to
the
primary
substrates.
The
co-localization
of
can
lead
cross-talk
and
competition,
which
be
unfavorable
for
production
a
targeted
product.
Orthogonal
pathways
allow
reactions
interest
operate
independently
from
metabolic
within
cell;
non-canonical
cofactor
analogs
have
been
explored
means
create
these
orthogonal
pathways.
Here,
we
aimed
engineer
formate
dehydrogenase
Candid
boidinii
(CbFDH)
activity
with
nicotinamide
adenine
mononucleotide
(NMN(H)).
We
used
PyRosetta
structural
alignment
design
mutations
enable
CbFDH
use
NMN
+
oxidation
formate.
Although
suggested
did
not
result
enhanced
,
found
was
able
easily
single
disrupted
all
activity.
Язык: Английский
From De Novo to Xeno: Advancing Macromolecule Design beyond Proteins
ACS Synthetic Biology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
13(8), С. 2271 - 2275
Опубликована: Авг. 16, 2024
Protein
synthesis
methods
have
been
adapted
to
incorporate
an
ever-growing
level
of
non-natural
components.
Meanwhile,
design
de
novo
protein
structure
and
function
has
rapidly
emerged
as
a
viable
capability.
Yet,
these
two
exciting
trends
yet
intersect
in
meaningful
way.
The
ability
perform
with
non-proteinogenic
components
requires
that
computation
align
on
common
targets
applications.
This
perspective
examines
the
state
art
areas
identifies
specific,
consequential
applications
advance
field
toward
generalized
macromolecule
design.
Язык: Английский
Re‐engineering of a carotenoid‐binding protein based on NMR structure
Protein Science,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
33(12)
Опубликована: Ноя. 16, 2024
Abstract
Recently,
a
number
of
message
passing
neural
network
(MPNN)‐based
methods
have
been
introduced
that,
based
on
backbone
atom
coordinates,
efficiently
recover
native
amino
acid
sequences
proteins
and
predict
modifications
that
result
in
better
expressing,
more
soluble,
stable
variants.
However,
usually,
X‐ray
structures,
or
artificial
structures
generated
by
algorithms
trained
were
employed
to
define
target
conformations.
Here,
we
show
commonly
used
ProteinMPNN
SolubleMPNN
display
low
sequence
recovery
determined
using
NMR.
We
subsequently
propose
computational
approach
successfully
apply
re‐engineer
AstaP,
protein
natively
binds
large
hydrophobic
ligand
astaxanthin
(C
40
H
52
O
4
),
for
which
only
structure
NMR
is
currently
available.
The
engineered
variants,
designated
NeuroAstaP,
are
51
shorter
than
the
22
kDa
parent
protein,
38%–42%
identity
it,
exhibit
good
yields,
expressed
mostly
monomeric
form,
demonstrate
efficient
binding
carotenoids
vitro
cells.
Altogether,
our
work
further
tests
limits
machine
learning
engineering
paves
way
MPNN‐based
modification
NMR‐derived
structures.
Язык: Английский