Enzyme repurposing of a hydrolase as an emergent peroxidase upon metal binding.
Fujieda, N., Schatti, J., Stuttfeld, E., Ohkubo, K., Maier, T., Fukuzumi, S., Ward, T.R.(2015) Chem Sci 6: 4060-4065
- PubMed: 29218172 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sc01065a
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4TM7, 4TM8 - PubMed Abstract: 
As an alternative to Darwinian evolution relying on catalytic promiscuity, a protein may acquire auxiliary function upon metal binding, thus providing it with a novel catalytic machinery. Here we show that addition of cupric ions to a 6-phosphogluconolactonase 6-PGLac bearing a putative metal binding site leads to the emergence of peroxidase activity ( k cat 7 ...