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The BioComp group is devoted to the computational description of catalysis phenomena in biological systems, mostly enzyme catalyzed processes. For this purpose, theories, methods and techniques of theoretical and computational chemistry are developed, implemented and used. Computational algorithms and protocols, based on hybrid QM/MM potentials, are created and this new knowledge is exploited in designing new materials with properties to be used in biomedicine and biotechnology. In particular, these applications are focused on elucidating enzyme reaction mechanisms including fundamental new quantum and dynamical perspectives, to design new pharmacological agents to inhibit enzyme activity, or new catalysts mimicking the catalytic efficiency and features of natural enzymes.
Specific lines of research:

  • Adv. Mat. with medical applications. 
    • Computer-assisted design of new compounds with application in biomedicine
  • Adv. Bio-Materials for catalysis.
    • Computer-assisted design of new biocatalysts for the synthesis of high-value chemicals
    • Computer-assisted design of new biocatalysts for the biodegradation of plastics
  • Industrial Innovation and Technology Transfer

More detailed information is provided in the web page of the group: http://www.biocomp.uji.es/home.html

Members

Katarzyna Świderek's picture
Katarzyna Świderek

Senior Researcher

Raquel Castillo's picture
Raquel Castillo

Senior Researcher

Sergio Martí's picture
Sergio Martí

Senior Researcher

Vicent Moliner's picture
Vicent Moliner

Senior Researcher

María Teresa Roca Moliner's picture
María Teresa Roca Moliner

Senior Researcher

Kemel Arafet Cruz's picture
Kemel Arafet Cruz

Research Scientist

Victor Batista's picture
Victor Batista

Research Scientist

Silvia Ferrer's picture
Silvia Ferrer

Research Scientist

Carlos A. Ramos-Guzmán's picture
Carlos A. Ramos-Guzmán

Research Scientist

Adrián Fernández de la Pradilla Ibáñez's picture
Adrián Fernández de la Pradilla Ibáñez

Doctoral Candidate

Santiago Movilla Núñez's picture
Santiago Movilla Núñez

Doctoral Candidate

Publications


2023

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023,
de Santos, G.; González-Benjumea, A.; Fernandez-Garcia, A.; Aranda, C.; Wu, Y.; But, A.; Molina-Espeja, P.; Maté, M.; Gonzalez-Perez, D.; Zhang, W.; Kiebist, J.; Scheibner, K.; Hofrichter, M.; Świderek, K.; Moliner, V.; Sanz-Aparicio, J.; Hollmann, F.; Gutiérrez, A.; Alcalde, M.
Engineering a Highly Regioselective Fungal Peroxygenase for the Synthesis of Hydroxy Fatty Acids. Journal of Chemical Informatics and Modeling, 2023,
Movilla, S.; Martí, S.; Roca, M.; Moliner, V.
Computational Study of the Inhibition of RgpB Gingipain, a Promising Target for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease.


2022

Pharmaceuticals, 2022, 15, 531.
Serrano-Aparicio, N.; Ferrer, S.; Świderek, K.
Covalent Inhibition of the Human 20S Proteasome with Homobelactosin C Inquired by QM/MM Studies. ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 698-708.
Martí, S.; Arafet, K.; Lodola, A.; Mulholland, A.J.; Świderek, K.; Moliner, V.
Impact of Warhead Modulations on the Covalent Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Explored by QM/MM Simulations. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2022, 23, 300.
Silva, J.R.A.; Urban, J.; Araújo, E.; Lameira, J.; Moliner, V.; Alves, C.N.
Exploring the Catalytic Mechanism of the RNA Cap Modification by nsp16-nsp10 Complex of SARS-CoV-2 through a QM/MM Approach. Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 4779.
Galmés, M.À.; Nödling, A.R.; He, K.; Luk, L.Y.P.; Świderek, K.; Moliner, V.
Computational design of an amidase by combining the best electrostatic features of two promiscuous hydrolases. ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 14667–14678.
Akintola, O.; Farren-Dai, M.; Ren, W.; Bhosale, S.; Britton, R.; Świderek, K.; Moliner, V.; Bennet, A.J.
Glycoside Hydrolase Catalysis: Do Substrates and Mechanism-Based Covalent Inhibitors React via Matching Transition States?.


2021

Top Catalysis, 2021, 1-12.
Serrano-Aparicio, N.; Świderek, K.; Tuñón, I.; Moliner, V.; Bertran, J.
Theoretical Studies of the Self Cleavage Pistol Ribozyme Mechanism. ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 10383-10393.
Farren-Dai, M.; Sannikova, N.; Świderek, K.; Moliner, V.; Bennet, A.J.
Fundamental Insight into Glycoside Hydrolase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of the Universal Koshland Substrates–Glycopyranosyl Fluorides. Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 13686-13703.
Chan, H.T.H.; Moesser, M.A.; Walters, R.K.; Malla, T.R.; Twidale, R.M.; John, T.; Deeks, H.M.; Johnston-Wood, T.; Mikhailov, V.; Sessions, R.B.; Dawsonl, W.; Saleh, E.; Lukacik, P.; Strain-Damerell, C.; Owen, C.D.; Nakajima, T.; Świderek, K.; Lodola, A.; Moliner, V.; Glowacki, D.R.; Spencer, J.; Walsh, M.A.A.; Schofield, .J.; Genovese, L.; Shoemark, D.K.; Mulholland, A.J.; Duarte, F.; Morris, G.M.
Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Peptide Inhibitors from Modelling Substrate and Ligand Binding. Journal of Chemical Informatics and Modeling, 2021, 61, 4582–4593.
Movilla, S.; Martí, S.; Roca, M.; Moliner, V.
Unrevealing the Proteolytic Activity of RgpB Gingipain from Computational Simulations. ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 11806–11819.
Serrano-Aparicio, N.; Moliner, V.; Świderek, K.
On the Origin of the Different Reversible Characters of Salinosporamide A and Homosalinosporamide A in the Covalent Inhibition of the Human 20S Proteasome. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 10424-10431.
Nödling, A.R.; Santi, N.; Castillo, R.; Lipka-Lloyd, M.; Jin, Y.; Morrill, L.C.; Swiderek, K.; Moliner, V.; Luk, L.Y.P.
The role of streptavidin and its variants in catalysis by biotinylated secondary amines.. Journal of Chemical Informatics and Modeling, 2021, 61, 3604–3614.
Galmés, M.À.; Świderek, K.; Moliner, V.
Computational Studies Suggest Promiscuous Candida antarctica Lipase B as an Environmentally Friendly Alternative for the Production of Epoxides. ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 8635–8644.
Galmés, M.À.; Nödling, A.R.; Luk, L.; Świderek, K.; Moliner, V.
Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study to Unravel the Differences in Promiscuous Amidase Activity of Two Nonhomologous Enzymes. Journal of Chemical Informatics and Modeling, 2021, 61, 3041–3051.
Boneta, S.; Arafet, K.; Moliner, V.
QM/MM Study of the Enzymatic Biodegradation Mechanism of Polyethylene Terephthalate. PROTEINS: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 2021, 1-13.
da Costa, C.Henrique S.; Santos, A.M. dos; Alves, C.audioNahum; Martí, S.; Moliner, V.; Santana, K.; Lameira, J.
Assessment of the PETase conformational changes induced by poly(ethylene terephthalate) binding. ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 8211–8225.
Glanowski, M.; Wójcik, P.; Procner, M.; Borowski, T.; Lupa, D.; Mielczarek, P.; Oszajca, M.; Moliner, V.; Świderek, K.; Bojarski, A.J.; Szaleniec, M.
Enzymatic Δ1-Dehydrogenation of 3-Ketosteroids—Reconciliation of Kinetic Isotope Effects with the Reaction Mechanism. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2021, 42, 447–457.
Martí, S.
QMCube (QM3): An all-purpose suite for multiscale QM/MM calculations. Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 5306–5309.
De Raffele, D.; Martí, S.; Moliner, V.
A QM/MM study on the origin of retro-aldolase activity of a catalytic antibody.