Keynote Talk 21st International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2025

Design and Directed Evolution of Artificial Metalloenzymes for Selective Catalysis (121701)

Jared Lewis 1
  1. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States

Metalloenzymes perform some of the most remarkable transformations in nature under ambient conditions in complex cellular milieu. The possibility of leveraging molecular recognition and evolution for non-biological metal catalysts has driven efforts to engineer artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs), hybrid catalysts comprised of synthetic metal cofactors linked to protein scaffolds. In this talk, I will discuss recent efforts from my group to design and evolve ArMs containing dirhodium and metal polypyridine cofactors for selective catalysis.

  1. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b0
  2. doi: 10.1039/d1sc05792h