Congratulations to Elena on the publication of her review entitled ‘The evolution of new catalytic mechanisms for xenobiotic hydrolysis in bacterial metalloenzymes’ in Australian Journal of Chemistry. This work was done with collaborators at CSIRO.
In this work, we surveyed the range of xenobiotic-degrading metalloenzymes, and discuss the molecular and catalytic basis for the development of new activities. We also highlight how our increased understanding of the natural evolution of xenobiotic-degrading metalloenzymes can be been applied to laboratory enzyme design.
