Design of an enantioselective artificial metallo-hydratase enzyme containing an unnatural metal-binding amino acid.

Design of an enantioselective artificial metallo-hydratase enzyme containing an unnatural metal-binding amino acid† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03477f Click here for additional data file.

Novel artificial metalloenzymes by in vivo incorporation of metal-binding unnatural amino acids.

Artificial metalloenzymes have emerged as an attractive new approach to enantioselective catalysis. Herein, we introduce a novel strategy for preparation of artificial metalloenzymes utilizing amber stop codon suppression methodology for the in vivo incorporation of metal-binding unnatural amino acids. The resulting artificial metalloenzymes were applied in catalytic asymmetric Friedel-Crafts a...

Interchange of catalytic activity within the 2-enoyl-coenzyme A hydratase/isomerase superfamily based on a common active site template.

The structures and chemical pathways associated with the members of the 2-enoyl-CoA hydratase/isomerase enzyme superfamily are compared to show that a common active site design provides the members of this family with a CoA binding site, an expandable acyl binding pocket, an oxyanion hole for binding/polarizing the thioester C=O, and multiple active site stations for the positioning of acidic a...

Structural and kinetic studies on metallo-β-lactamase IMP-1.

In an effort to probe for metal binding to metallo-β-lactamase (MβL) IMP-1, the enzyme was overexpressed, purified, and characterized. The resulting enzyme was shown to bind 2 equiv of Zn(II), exhibit significant catalytic activity, and yield EXAFS results similar to crystallographic data previously reported. Rapid kinetic studies showed that IMP-1 does not stabilize a nitrocefin-derived reacti...

Artificial Metalloproteins: Design and Engineering

Engineering of artificial metalloproteins is an expanding field with potential impacts in many areas from fundamental understanding of protein structure and function to industrial production of specialty chemicals such as chiral drug intermediates. Incorporation of unnatural amino acids and non-native metal cofactors into proteins is an emerging field in the area of protein design, as it offers...