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A DFT approach to discriminate the antagonist and partial agonist activity of ligands binding to the NMDA receptor

Taylor & Francis2018

A genetic algorithm based design and experimental characterization of a highly thermostable metalloprotein

Ursula Röthlisberger, Rudolf Hovius, Esra Bozkurt, Marta Andreia Da Silva Perez, Nicholas John Browning

The development of thermostable and solvent-tolerant metalloproteins is a long-sought goal for many applica- tions in synthetic biology and biotechnology. In this work, we were able to engineer a highly thermo- and organic solvent- stable metallo variant o ...

2018

Reprogramming the B1 Domain of Streptococcal Protein G (GB1) : A Joint Theoretical and Experimental Investigation

Esra Bozkurt

Nature has the ability to cope with extreme pH, temperature and pressure, in addition to bestowing a wide array of functionalities to (bio)macromolecules. These specialized skills have attracted the interest of vast scientific communities especially in vie ...

EPFL2018

Can Biomimetic Zinc Compounds Assist a (3 + 2) Cycloaddition Reaction? A Theoretical Perspective

Ursula Röthlisberger, Esra Bozkurt

Compounds bearing tetrazole rings are valuable facets in numerous branches of chemistry including metabolic imaging and the production of drugs and high-energy materials. Synthesis of tetrazoles with the help of organocatalysts has intensively been explore ...

2017

Medium-Ring Effects on the Endo/Exo Selectivity of the Organocatalytic Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reaction

Esra Bozkurt

The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction has been used as a powerful method to access the tricyclic core of the eunicellin natural products from a number of 9-membered-ring precursors. The endo/exo selectivity of this reaction can be controlled through a re ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Biomimetic Sequestration of CO2: reprogramming the B1 domain of protein g through a combined computational and experimental approach

Ursula Röthlisberger, Rudolf Hovius, Esra Bozkurt

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Lessons from Nature: Computational Design of Biomimetic Compounds and Processes

Ursula Röthlisberger, Pablo Campomanes Ramos, Elizabeth Claire Brunk, Negar Ashari Astani, Esra Bozkurt, Marta Andreia Da Silva Perez, Nicholas John Browning

Through millions of years of evolution, Nature has accomplished the development of highly efficient and sustainable processes and the idea to understand and copy natural strategies is therefore very appealing. However, in spite of intense experimental and ...

2014