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Karina Tretowicz

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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Alan Mertens· 1 shared Gigly G. Del’hayeiD· 1 shared Jessie NeuckermansiD· 1 shared Joery De KockiD· 1 shared Liesbeth DesmetiD· 1 shared Nina Stefanie SalviiD· 1 shared Sien LequeueiD· 1 shared Tamara VanhaeckeiD· 1 shared

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Tuning inhibitor susceptibility of human 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase to rescue tyrosine catabolism in the presence of β-triketones

Jessie Neuckermans, Alan Mertens, Sien Lequeue, Nina Stefanie Salvi, Liesbeth Desmet, Gigly G. Del’haye, Karina Tretowicz, Tamara Vanhaecke, Ulrich Schwaneberg, Joery De Kock

This study engineers HPD variants with enhanced NTBC tolerance to restore tyrosine metabolism while maintaining catalytic activity and MHC-II binding properties.

bioRxiv · Oct 23, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry