Publications
2025
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Redox Biocatalysis in Lidocaine‐Based Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents: Non‐Conventional Media Outperform Aqueous Conditions
Zhang, N., Lahmann, V., Bittner, J. P., María, P. D. D., Jakobtorweihen, S., Smirnova, I. & Kara, S., 17 Mar 2025, In: CHEMSUSCHEM. 18, 6, e202402075.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
- Accepted/In press
Assessing the Industrial Edge of the Lipase-Mediated Oxidation of 2,5-Diformylfuran to 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid: Rotating Bed Reactors, an “Acyl-Donor-Free” Oxidation Concept, and Environmental Aspects
Milić, M., Vernet, G., Le, H. Y., Zhang, N., Byström, E., Domínguez de María, P. & Kara, S., 6 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Organic Process Research and Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Exploring DES-Water Mixtures for Improved ADH-CHMO Fusion Enzyme Performance in Linear Cascades
Ma, Y., Vernet, G., Zhang, N. & Kara, S., 6 Mar 2025, In: CHEMCATCHEM. 17, 5, e202401792.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Molecular Understanding of Activity Changes of Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Deep Eutectic Solvents
Bittner, J. P., Zhang, N., Domínguez de María, P., Smirnova, I., Kara, S. & Jakobtorweihen, S., 17 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 129, 4, p. 1197–1213 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
2024
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Metal Affinity Fusion Enzyme Immobilization: Batch Process Showcase for Cascading Alcohol Oxidation and Bayer-Villiger Oxidation in Microaqueous Media
Vernet, G., Ma, Y., Serban, S., Basso, A., Zhang, N. & Kara, S., 22 Jul 2024, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 12, 29, p. 10820-10830 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Biocatalysis for the Synthesis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Deep Eutectic Solvents: State-of-the-Art and Prospects
Zhang, N., María, P. D. D. & Kara, S., 19 Jan 2024, In: CATALYSTS. 14, 1, 84.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
2023
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Crosslinked Aggregates of Fusion Enzymes in Microaqueous Organic Media
Vernet, G., Ma, Y., Zhang, N. & Kara, S., 17 Apr 2023, In: CHEMBIOCHEM. 24, 8, e202200794.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Water-actuated reversible shape-memory polydimethylsiloxane for potential biomedical applications
Sha, W., Zhao, J., Zhou, Y., Xia, J., Yuan, M., Zhang, N., Zhao, H. & Wang, Y., 2023, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 11, 16, p. 3579-3586 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
2022
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Tailoring Protein-Polymer Conjugates as Efficient Artificial Enzymes for Aqueous Asymmetric Aldol Reactions
Zhang, N. & Wu, C., 18 Nov 2022, In: ACS synthetic biology. 11, 11, p. 3797-3804 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Copper-Containing Artificial Polyenzymes as a Clickase for Bioorthogonal Chemistry
Zhang, N., Bessel, P. & Wu, C., 19 Oct 2022, In: Bioconjugate chemistry. 33, 10, p. 1892–1899 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Understanding the behavior of alcohol dehydrogenase in deep eutectic solvents: A molecular dynamics study
Bittner, J. ., Zhang, N., María, P. D. D., Kara, S. & Jakobtorweihen, S., 25 Aug 2022, In: Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 94, 9, p. 1240Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Unraveling Alcohol Dehydrogenase Catalysis in Organic–Aqueous Biphasic Systems Combining Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Zhang, N., Bittner, J. P., Fiedler, M., Beretta, T., María, P. D. D., Jakobtorweihen, S. & Kara, S., 5 Aug 2022, In: ACS catalysis. 12, 15, p. 9171-9180 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Design of fusion enzymes for biocatalytic applications in aqueous and non-aqueous media
Ma, Y., Zhang, N., Vernet, G. & Kara, S., 22 Jul 2022, In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10, 944226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer review
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Artificial Enzymes Combining Proteins with Proline Polymers for Asymmetric Aldol Reactions in Water
Zhang, N., Sun, Z. & Wu, C., 15 Apr 2022, In: ACS catalysis. 12, 8, p. 4777-4783 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Development of a thioredoxin based cofactor regeneration system for NADPH‐dependent oxidoreductases
Zhang, N., Müller, B., Ørtoft Kirkeby, T., Kara, S. & Loderer, C., 7 Apr 2022, In: CHEMCATCHEM. 14, 7, e202101625.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Impact of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) and individual DES components on alcohol dehydrogenase catalysis: connecting experimental data and molecular dynamics simulations
Bittner, J. P., Zhang, N., Huang, L., María, P. D. D., Jakobtorweihen, S. & Kara, S., 2022, In: Green chemistry. 24, 3, p. 1120-1131 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
2021
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Comparison and Validation of Force Fields for Deep Eutectic Solvents in Combination with Water and Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Bittner, J. P., Huang, L., Zhang, N., Kara, S. & Jakobtorweihen, S., 10 Aug 2021, In: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 17, 8, p. 5322-5341 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Can Deep Eutectic Solvents Sustain Oxygen-Dependent Bioprocesses? - Measurements of Oxygen Transfer Rates
Zhang, N., Steininger, F., Meyer, L., Koren, K. & Kara, S., 28 Jun 2021, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 9, 25, p. 8347-8353 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
2020
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Facile Synthesis of Enzyme-Embedded Metal–Organic Frameworks for Size-Selective Biocatalysis in Organic Solvent
Wang, Y., Zhang, N., Tan, D., Qi, Z. & Wu, C., 7 Jul 2020, In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8, 714.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
2019
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Enzymes Immobilized on Carbon Nitride (C 3 N 4 ) Cooperating with Metal Nanoparticles for Cascade Catalysis
Wang, Y., Zhang, N., Hübner, R., Tan, D., Löffler, M., Facsko, S., Zhang, E., Ge, Y., Qi, Z. & Wu, C., 22 Mar 2019, In: Advanced materials interfaces. 6, 6, 11 p., 1801664.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review