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ArticleNature communications2025

Tailoring industrial enzymes for thermostability and activity evolution by the machine learning-based iCASE strategy.

Nan Zheng, Yongchao Cai, Zehua Zhang, Huimin Zhou, Yu Deng, Shuang Du, Mai Tu, Wei Fang, Xiaole Xia

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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9 authors.

Nan ZhengKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1879-1045
Yongchao CaiKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.
Zehua ZhangKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.
Huimin ZhouKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.
Yu DengKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.
Shuang DuKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.
Mai TuSchool of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.
Wei FangSchool of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.
Xiaole XiaKey Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China. xiaolexia@jiangnan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9063-9507

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pursuit of obtaining enzymes with high activity and stability remains a grail in enzyme evolution due to the stability-activity trade-off. Here, we develop an isothermal compressibility-assisted dynamic squeezing index perturbation engineering (iCASE) strategy to construct hierarchical modular networks for enzymes of varying complexity. Molecular mechanism analysis elucidates that the peak of adaptive evolution is reached through a structural response mechanism among variants. Furthermore, this dynamic response predictive model using structure-based supervised machine learning is established to predict enzyme function and fitness, demonstrating robust performance across different datasets and reliable prediction for epistasis. The universality of the iCASE strategy is validated by four sorts of enzymes with different structures and catalytic types. This machine learning-based iCASE strategy provides guidance for future research on the fitness evolution of enzymes.

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Directed Molecular EvolutionEnzymesMachine LearningProtein EngineeringEnzyme StabilityEvolution, MolecularEnzymes

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PMID39799136
PMCPMC11724889

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