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Introduction |
Biocatalysis, green chemistry, why proteins need to be engineered |
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Introduction ProSAR approach |
Biocatalysis, green chemistry, why proteins need to be engineered |
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Enzyme Stability |
Measuring protein stability |
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Engineer Stable Proteins |
Strategies to rationally engineer more stable proteins |
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Irreversible unfolding via MG |
Strategies to rationally engineer more stable proteins |
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Making enzymes faster |
Measuring reaction rates (MM kinetics) / Strategies to increase reaction rates |
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Measure Selectivity |
Measuring enzyme selectivity |
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Engineer Selectivity |
Strategies to increase selectivity |
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Computer Modeling Overview |
Viewing protein structures/
Molecular mechanics approach to modeling |
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Critical evaluation of computer model |
Extending molecular mechanics to model protein stability & pH dependence / Modeling selectivity (conformations & molecular dynamics) / Modeling reactivity (QM and other approaches) |
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Mutagenesis Single Substitution |
Overview of directed evolution: screening, random mutagenesis / Mutagenesis using error prone PCR - methods, polymerase fidelity |
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Better NNK |
Saturation mutagenesis approaches |
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Circular permuation |
Saturation mutagenesis approaches |
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Multiple Substitutions |
Bioinformatics approaches / Stepwise combinations of substitutions /Adding multiple mutations simultaneously |
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Recombination Methods |
Recombination methods - limitations, homology |
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Genomic Approaches |
Other approaches to mutagenesis (e.g. circular permutations, neutral drift libraries) |
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Screening |
Screening strategies |
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Screening |
Screening strategies |
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Selection |
Selection strategies |
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open topic |
Expression Vectors |
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open topic |
Metabolic Engineer |
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