Comments on "Bioprocessing in space"

abstract：:This study examined the potential of untreated and alkali-pretreated sugarcane bagasse (SCB) in cellulase, reducing sugar (RS) and fungal biomass production via solid state fermentation (SSF) using Pycnoporus sanguineus. The impact of the composition, structure and cellulase adsorption ability of SCB on the production...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Yoon LW,Ngoh GC,Chua AS

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human interferon alpha 2b (IFN α2b) is a type I interferon exhibiting antiviral, anti-proliferative and immunomodulatory activities. The clinical outcome of the approved recombinant human IFN α2b drugs in the market suffers from short plasma half-life, rapid clearance and other side effects. Human IFN α2b expression i...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Katla S,Yoganand KNR,Hingane S,Ranjith Kumar CT,Anand B,Sivaprakasam S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrification kinetics of synthetic saline wastewater was investigated by using an activated sludge unit. Initial experiments were performed with salt-free wastewater to obtain baseline information. Experiments with 3% salt concentration were performed at different sludge ages in order to investigate the system perfor...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Dinçer AR,Kargi F

更新日期：2001-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth conditions for mass production of luciferase-bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) by a recombinant Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 were investigated in a pH-regulated fed-batch culture system. Enrichment of growth medium with L-cysteine, yeast extract and polypeptone enhanced both bacterial growth and BMP prod...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Yang C,Takeyama H,Tanaka T,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2001-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a new colorimetric assay to quantify endo-polygalacturonase activity, which hydrolyzes polygalacturonic acid to produce smaller chains of galacturonate. Some of the reported polygalacturonase assays measure the activity by detecting the appearance of reducing ends such as the Somogyi-Nelson method. As a resu...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Torres S,Sayago JE,Ordoñez RM,Isla MI

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary aim of this study was to decipher the catalytic functions of the NHase with wide substrate spectra from Rhodococcus ruber CGMCC3090 by computer modeling and substrate docking. 3D structure model of the enzyme was built by computer modeling to obtain the optimal structure. The larger binding site cavity (55...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Wang S,Dai Y,Wang J,Shen Y,Zhai Y,Zheng H,Wang M

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat and mass transfer have been proved to be the important factors in air pressure pulsation for cellulase production. However, as process of enzyme secretion, the cellulase formation has not been studied in the view of microorganism metabolism and metabolic key enzyme activity under air pressure pulsation condit...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Chen H,Shao M,Li H

更新日期：2014-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this research was to develop recombinant Escherichia coli to improve fatty acid synthesis (FAS). Genes encoding acetyl-CoA carboxylase (accA, accB, accC), malonyl-CoA-[acyl-carrier-protein] transacylase (fabD), and acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase (EC 3.1.2.14 gene), which are all enzymes that cataly...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Jeon E,Lee S,Won JI,Han SO,Kim J,Lee J

更新日期：2011-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled hydrolysis of lactonic sophorolipids from Starmerella bombicola yields a previously undescribed sophorose analog that potently induces cellulase in Trichoderma reesei Rut-C30. Acid treatment of natural sophorolipids results in a mixture of monoacetylated, deacetylated, and diacetylated sophorolipids in acid...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Huang TT,Wages JM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial chitinases recruited multiple accessory domains for the conversion of recalcitrant polysaccharides to simple soluble sugars/amino sugars. Here, we report detailed properties of a multi-domain GH18 chitinase from Enterobacter cloacae subsp. cloacae (EcChi2) that preferred β-chitin as substrate. EcChi2 exhibit...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Mallakuntla MK,Podile AR

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methyl ester of 2-benzoxazolon-3-yl-acetic acid was used as an acyl donor in the penicillin amidase-catalysed transfer reaction to 7-aminodesacetoxycephalosporanic acid. The synthesis of 7-(2-benzoxazolon-3-yl-acetamido)-desacetoxycephalosporanic acid was carried out as a kinetically controlled reaction. A charact...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Stambolieva N,Mincheva Z,Galunsky B,Kalcheva V

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel termite gut metagenomic-derived GH11 xylanase gene xyl7 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21, and the purified XYL7 enzyme exhibited high specific activity (6340U/mg) and broad pH active range of 5.5-10.0. Directed evolution was employed to enhance the thermostability of XYL7; two mutants (XYL7-TC and XYL7...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Qian C,Liu N,Yan X,Wang Q,Zhou Z,Wang Q

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of using thermostable inulinases from Aspergillus ficuum in place of invertase for sucrose hydrolysis was explored. The commercial inulinases preparation was immobilized onto porous glass beads by covalent coupling using activation by a silane reagent and glutaraldehyde before adding the enzyme. The im...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Ettalibi M,Baratti JC

更新日期：2001-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles (MNPs) coupled with agarose (AMNPs) was synthesized using co-precipitation via alkaline condition and span-80 surfactants in organic solvent. Iminodiacetate was first attached to the MNPs through epichlorohydrin agent and then chelated with metal ions. The morphology and chemical p...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Chen T,Yang W,Guo Y,Yuan R,Xu L,Yan Y

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zygosaccharomyces rouxii is an important yeast in the formation of flavor in soy sauce. In this study, we investigated the separate effects of exogenous threonine, cystathionine, and the branched-chain amino acids on the metabolism of Z. rouxii. The addition of these amino acids had significant effects on both Z. roux...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： van der Sluis C,Wolken WA,Giuseppin ML,Tramper J,Wijffels RH

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the chaperon solvent plug was reported as a strategy to reduce aggregation before the column inlet in SEC (size-exclusion chromatography) protein refolding process, the appropriate position at which sample injected and the volume of the chaperon solvent plug have not been elucidated. Therefore, the detail of ...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Chen YC,Liu HS

更新日期：2011-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Monod kinetic parameters provide information required for kinetic analysis of anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to denitrification (AOM-D). This information is critical for engineering AOM-D processes in wastewater treatment facilities. We first experimentally determined Monod kinetic parameters for an AOM-D enri...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Yu H,Kashima H,Regan JM,Hussain A,Elbeshbishy E,Lee HS

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular esterase from the actinomycetes Amycolatopsis orientalis was found by screening. It is capable of splitting the isomeric mixture (K/J) of (I, Scheme 1) into 7-amino-3-methoxymethyl-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid, pivalic acid, and acetaldehyde with a high yield. The purified enzyme of 55.4 Kd by SDS-PAGE ...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Sauber K,Aretz W,Meiwes J,Wollmann T

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetosomes are intracellular structures produced by magnetotactic bacteria and are magnetic nanoparticles surrounded by a lipid bilayer membrane. Magnetosomes reportedly possess intrinsic enzyme mimetic activity similar to that found in horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and can scavenge reactive oxygen species depending ...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Li K,Chen C,Chen C,Wang Y,Wei Z,Pan W,Song T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of pulse and step changes in major metabolite concentrations such as glucose, glutamine, lactic acid, and ammonium on behavior of T-cell hybridomas in continuous culture were investigated in order to develop a strategy to maximize specific rate of lymphokine formation. Step increases in glucose, lactic acid, a...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Shaughnessy TS,Kargi F

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional lipase screening methods are mostly based on hydrolytic activity, which may not always be the best method to assess the enzyme activity, especially for evaluating synthetic activity. Here we developed a high throughput and visual method to screen clones with high synthetic activity and used it to assess l...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Zhang JH,Lin Y,Sun YF,Ye YR,Zheng SP,Han SY

更新日期：2012-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine microbes have gained significant attention as potential biofactories for broad spectrum bioactive compounds. In the recent years, bioactive biosurfactants have warranted renewed interest from both environmental and clinical sectors as anti-biofilm agents due to their excellent properties of dispersing microbial...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Balan SS,Mani P,Kumar CG,Jayalakshmi S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crocin, one of the major carotenoid pigments of Crocus sativus (saffron), is responsible for antioxidant activity, neuroprotection, and the inhibition of tumor cell proliferation. In order to improve the functionality of crocin, α-glucosyl-(1→6)-trans-crocins (C-Gs) were synthesized using sucrose and dextransucrase fr...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Mok IK,Nguyen TTH,Kim DH,Lee JW,Lim S,Jung HY,Lim T,Pal K,Kim D

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical modification of lysine residues in two bacterial alpha-amylases, a mesophilic enzyme from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BAA) and a thermophilic enzyme from Bacillus licheniformis (BLA) was carried out using citraconic anhydride. 13 +/- 1 residues in BAA and 10 +/- 1 residues in BLA were found modified under def...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Khajeh K,Naderi-Manesh H,Ranjbar B,Moosavi-Movahedi A,Nemat-Gorgani M

更新日期：2001-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli B/pTG201 recombinant cells were immobilized by entrapment in a carrageenan gel and cultivated in nonselective media to investigate the effect of agitation rate on plasmid stability, biomass concentration, and enzyme productivity. These parameters were studied in continuous cultures for free and immobi...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Huang J,Dhulster P,Thomas D,Barbotin JN

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method to stably immobilize microbes on electrodes was developed. Resting cells of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1(MeAM1) were caged within multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)by adding the cells to a water dispersion of MWNTs then allowing the resulting mixture to dry on electrodes. The MeAM1-MWCNTs electrode thus ...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Xia HQ,Sakai K,Kitazumi Y,Shirai O,Takagi K,Kano K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Mercaptopyruvate (3MPy), a structural analog of 3-mercaptopropionic acid, is a precursor compound for biosynthesis of polythioesters in bacteria. The cost-effectiveness and sustainability of the whole process could be greatly improved by using the cysteine degradation pathway for an intracellular supply of 3MPy. Tra...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Andreeßen C,Gerlt V,Steinbüchel A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amylosucrase (ASase) has great industrial potential owing to its multifunctional activities, including transglucosylation, polymerization, and isomerization. In the present study, the properties of Deinococcus geothermalis ASase (DGAS) expressed in Corynebacterium glutamicum (cDGAS) and purified via Ni-NTA affinity ch...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Chin YW,Jang SW,Shin HS,Kim TW,Kim SK,Park CS,Seo DH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-glucuronic acid (GlcUA) is an important intermediate with numerous applications in the food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. Its biological production routes which employ myo-inositol oxygenase (MIOX) as the key enzyme are attractive. In this study, five diverse MIOX-encoding genes, from Cryptococcus neofo...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Teng F,You R,Hu M,Liu W,Wang L,Tao Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substrate specificities of alpha-chymotrypsin and subtilisins for peptide synthesis in hydrophilic organic solvents were investigated. Chymotrypsin exhibited high specificity to aromatic amino acids as acyl donors, while subtilisin Carlsberg and subtilisin BPN' were specific to aromatic and neutral aliphatic amino...

journal_title：Enzyme and microbial technology

authors： Nagashima T,Watanabe A,Kise H

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00