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Protein design

A metalloenzyme reloaded

Metal ions are frequently used in enzyme catalysis. The extension of computational methods to metalloenzyme redesign opens up new ways to construct enzymes with new functions.

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Figure 1: The design procedure.

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Höcker, B. A metalloenzyme reloaded. Nat Chem Biol 8, 224–225 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.800

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