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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
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Structural insights and therapeutic targets in Acinetobacter baumannii capsule biosynthesis

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Hypervirulent KL49 A. baumannii's capsular polysaccharide contains the nonulosonic acid 8‐epi‐Leg5,7Ac2, synthesized by epimerization via ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC. Crystal structures of ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC reveal their role in CMP‐Leg5,7Ac2 synthesis and regioselective C8 epimerization.
Woo Cheol Lee, Junho Jeong, Chae Yeong Lee, Hyunjoon Cho, Man Hwan Oh, Je Chul Lee, Jee‐Young Lee, Yangmee Kim   +7 more
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Atomistic Simulation Studies of Na₄SiO₄

Crystals
Tetrasodium silicate (Na4SiO4) has emerged as a promising candidate for battery applications due to its favorable ionic transport properties. Atomic-scale simulations employing classical pair potentials have elucidated the defect mechanisms and ion ...
Mallikage Shalani Shanika, Poobalasingam Abiman, Poobalasuntharam Iyngaran, Navaratnarajah Kuganathan   +3 more
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Atomic-scale studies of garnet-type Mg3Fe2Si3O12: Defect chemistry, diffusion and dopant properties

Journal of Power Sources Advances, 2020
Materials with low cost, environmentally benign, high structural stability and high Mg content are of considerable interest for the construction of rechargeable Mg-ion batteries.
Navaratnarajah Kuganathan, Alexander Chroneos   +1 more
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Conserved binding mode but diverse interfaces of MreC‐PBP2 interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The crystal structure of abMreC reveals a conserved two β‐barrel architecture and provides structural insights into its role within the bacterial elongasome. The abMreC–abPBP2 complex model identifies the molecular basis of MreC‐mediated PBP2 recognition, contributing to the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis.
Hyunseok Jang, Hyo Been Jin, Chang Min Kim, So Yeon Lee, Hyun Ho Park   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

AUGUR, a flexible and efficient optimization algorithm for identification of optimal adsorption sites

npj Computational Materials
In this paper, we propose a novel flexible optimization pipeline for determining the optimal adsorption sites, named AUGUR (Aware of Uncertainty Graph Unit Regression). Our model combines graph neural networks and Gaussian processes to create a flexible,
Ioannis Kouroudis, Poonam, Neel Misciasci, Felix Mayr, Leon Müller, Zhaosu Gu, Alessio Gagliardi   +6 more
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Defects and Calcium Diffusion in Wollastonite

Chemistry, 2020
Wollastonite (CaSiO3) is an important mineral that is widely used in ceramics and polymer industries. Defect energetics, diffusion of Ca ions and a solution of dopants are studied using atomistic-scale simulation based on the classical pair potentials ...
Sumudu Nimasha, Sashikesh Ganeshalingam, Navaratnarajah Kuganathan, Konstantinos Davazoglou, Alexander Chroneos   +4 more
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Coordination polymer design for fast proton conduction: Hybrid atomistic approach based on kinetic Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics methods

Materials & Design, 2022
Fast proton conductors are important materials for catalysis and energy conversion applications. The glassy coordination polymers are an important class of proton conductors due to their good mechanical moldability; however, their conductivity has been ...
Albert M. Iskandarov, Tomofumi Tada
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Emerging experimental and computational methods for studying redox‐regulated structural transitions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Redox reactions can reshape proteins and alter how they behave in cells, with important consequences for health and disease. This review explores emerging experimental and computational approaches for discovering these redox‐sensitive protein switches, revealing their structural effects, and predicting their behavior, opening new opportunities to ...
Tasneem Rass, Dana Reichmann, Gábor Erdős   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficient Atomistic Simulation of Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistors

IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, 2019
In this paper, atomistic-level quantum mechanical simulations are performed for nanoscale field-effect transistors (FETs) with lateral or vertical heterojunction, within the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism.
Yongsoo Ahn, Mincheol Shin
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