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    Supporting Information for "Enzyme adaptation to habitat thermal legacy shapes the thermal plasticity of marine microbiomes"
    (N/A, 2023-01) Nutschel, Christina; Pfleger, Christopher; Dittrich, Jonas; Gohlke, Holger
    The dataset contains: I. 3D structural models of esterases generated by a AlphaFold2-based workflow of ColabFold, II. predicted catalytic triads of esterases and their substrate accessibilities analyzed by CAVER 3.0.3 PyMOL Plugin, III. input and output files for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations performed by Amber21, and, IV. Tp-values of esterases predicted by Constraint Network Analysis (CNA). We added template scripts and a readme file for further explanations.
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    Supporting Information for "Loading and Co-Solvent-Triggered Release of Okanin, a C4 Plant Key Enzyme Inhibitor, into/from Functional Microgels"
    (N/A, 2023-01) Dittrich, Jonas; Gohlke, Holger
    The constantly growing world population leads to increasing demands for food, which challenges modern agriculture manifold. Pests, such as weeds, require the application of agrochemicals to increase crop yield. Due to the environmental impact of these potentially hazardous chemicals, the demand for more efficient formulations is increasing. Promising formulations consist of easily adaptable carriers from which controllable stimuli release the agrochemicals. Here, we investigated poly(N vinylcaprolactam) (pVCL)-based microgels as a potential carrier for okanin, an inhibitor of the C4 plant key enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, by combining experiments, molecular simulations, and free energy computations. Dynamic light scattering, scanning transmission electron and atomic force microscopy revealed that pVCL microgels collapse and rigidify upon the loading of okanin. The simulations identified loosely adsorbed okanin and tightly bound okanin mediating inter-chain crosslinks. With increasing okanin concentration, stacking interactions of okanin occur with adsorbed and bound okanin. These findings can explain the experimentally observed collapse and the rigidification of the microgels. Based on the atomistic insights, two poly(N vinylcaprolactam co glycidyl methacrylate) microgels were synthesized, for which a doubled loading capacity of okanin was found. Finally, we investigated the triggered release of okanin using the addition of green solvents as a stimulus. This work establishes a basis for the further optimization of pVCL-based microgels as a carrier for the delivery of polyphenolic agrochemicals.