Purification and characterization of a cold-active iron superoxide dismutase from a Psychrophilic Bacterium, Marinomonas sp. NJ522.

abstract：:Microbial desulfurization is potentially an alternative process to chemical desulfurization of fossil fuels and their refined products. The dibenzothiophene desulfurizing system of Rhodococcus erythropolis includes DszD which is an NADH-dependent FMN oxidoreductase with 192 residues that is responsible for supplying r...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kamali N,Tavallaie M,Bambai B,Karkhane AA,Miri M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions (AVIs) appear as dark red-to-purple spheres of various sizes in vacuoles of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cell suspension culture due to their interaction with anthocyanins. AVIs were purified and the bound anthocyanins extracted and analysed by HPLC from two lines of V. vinifera isolat...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Conn S,Zhang W,Franco C

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3,4-Dihydroxybenzoate decarboxylase in Enterobacter cloacae P241 was induced by adding 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid or 4-acetamidobenzoic acid to the culture medium. After stabilizing the enzyme activity by adding 5 mM dithiothreitol and 20 mM Na(2)S(2)O(3) to a cell-f...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yoshida T,Inami Y,Matsui T,Nagasawa T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of H(2), He and O(2) during batch fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRAS291 increased the final intracellular glycogen contents of the cells from 2-fold to 10-fold compared with a gas-free condition, and this depended on the gas applied. Differently, the intracellular trehalose contents increased from 2...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Pham TH,Mauvais G,Vergoignan C,De Coninck J,Cachon R,Feron G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes employ cell membranes for reducing exogenous stresses. Polyamino acid display on microbial cell surfaces and their effects on microbial chemical stress tolerance were examined. Growth analysis revealed that displays of polyarginine, polyaspartate and polytryptophan substantially enhanced tolerance of Escheric...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Suzuki H,Ishii J,Kondo A,Yoshida K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the potential of enzyme cocktails produced by five filamentous fungi to supplement the industrial cellulase cocktail, Celluclast 1.5L, in order to improve the efficiency of saccharification. RESULTS:The fungi were cultivated on wheat bran and the resulting supernatants were combined with Cellucl...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Peciulyte A,Pisano M,de Vries RP,Olsson L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular chitinase from Streptomyces halstedii AJ-7, a broad spectrum antifungal biocontrol agent, was characterized and purified. The apparent molecular weight of the purified protein was 55 kDa, Km value and Vmax of the protein for colloidal chitin were 3.2 mg ml(-1) and 118 micromol h(-1), respectively. The...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Joo GJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A morphological parameter of polygonal index was defined as the ratio of cell adhesion area versus the square of the major cell axis, and cells that had an adhesion area larger than 4000 mum(2) and a polygonal index larger than 0.3 were considered large polygonal cells. Cell morphology tended to change from fibroblast...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Takagi M,Kitabayashi T,Koizumi S,Hirose H,Kondo S,Fujiwara M,Ueno K,Hiroaki M,Hosokawa Y,Masuhara H,Wakitani S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant baculovirus was constructed to simultaneously express codon-optimized virus-like particles (VLP), A VP1-2A-VP3 and VP0 of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), from individual promoters. The target proteins were expressed in insect cells at high level, as shown by indirect sandwich ELISA; and t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Cao Y,Sun P,Fu Y,Bai X,Tian F,Liu X,Lu Z,Liu Z

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor grown in submerged culture produced two laccase isoenzymes, LacI and LacII. Addition of insoluble lignocellulosic materials into the culture medium increased the total laccase activity. The proportion of laccase isoenzymes also changed depending on the lignocellulosic material ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Moldes D,Lorenzo M,Sanromán MA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As more and more cell and gene therapies are being developed and with the increasing number of regulatory approvals being obtained, there is an emerging and pressing need for industrial translation. Process efficiency, associated cost drivers and regulatory requirements are issues that need to be addressed before indu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Moutsatsou P,Ochs J,Schmitt RH,Hewitt CJ,Hanga MP

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To exploit cold-inducible biochemical processes beneficial for foreign mRNA transcription, translation and storage, as well as protein product stability, during Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression. RESULTS:The efficiency of three different 5'-regulatory sequences to achieve transient expression of t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Gerasymenko IM,Sheludko YV

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constant medium feeding rate and intermittent fed-batch fermentation strategies were investigated aiming to increase the yields of γ-decalactone production by Yarrowia lipolytica, using methyl ricinoleate as substrate and ricinoleic acid source. The accumulation of another compound, 3-hydroxy-γ-decalactone, was also a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Gomes N,Teixeira JA,Belo I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although resistance of microorganisms to Hg(II) salts has been widely investigated and resistant strains have been reported from many eubacterial genera, there are few reports of mercuric ion resistance in extremophilic microorganisms. Moderately thermophilic mercury resistant bacteria were selected by growth at 62 de...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Glendinning KJ,Macaskie LE,Brown NL

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Establish a method to indirectly measure evaporation in microwell-based cell culture systems and show that the proposed method allows compensating for liquid losses in fed-batch processes. RESULTS:A correlation between evaporation and the concentration of Na+ was found (R2 = 0.95) when using the 24-well-bas...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wiegmann V,Martinez CB,Baganz F

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective clinical parametric study comprising women afflicted by breast cancer and otherwise healthy participants was undertaken. The mean plasmatic concentration of putative leucine amino peptidase and nucleoside diphosphate phosphotransferase enzymatic complex in breast cancer cases was significantly elevated [...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Pulido-Cejudo G,Miranda H,El Abdaimi K,Wang C,Kar B,Medina Acevedo J,Cárdenas JM,Sarti Gutiérrez E,Pérez Palacios G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is one of the major fungal diseases of canola. To develop resistance against this fungal disease, the chit42 from Trichoderma atroviride with chitin-binding domain and polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein 2 (PG1P2) of Phaseolus vulgaris were co-ex...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ziaei M,Motallebi M,Zamani MR,Panjeh NZ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop recombinant factor IX (FIX) variants with augmented clotting activity. RESULTS:We generated three new variants, FIX-YKALW, FIX-ALL and FIX-LLW, expressed in SK-Hep-1 cells and characterized in vitro and in vivo. FIX-YKALW showed the highest antigen expression level among the variants (2.17 µg-mL),...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sousa Bomfim A,Corrêa de Freitas MC,Picanço Castro V,Abreu Soares Neto M,Pádua R,Covas DT,Sousa Russo EM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biotin-binding capacity in the wells of a streptavidin-coated PCR plate were quantified by means of a fluorescence intensity assay utilising biotin-labelled fluorescein and a colorimetric assay using biotin-labelled alkaline phosphatase. The biotin binding capacities were determined to be 59 and 58 pmol respective...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： van der Valk AM,Howbrook DN,O'Shaughnessy MC,Sarker DK,Baker SC,Louwrier A,Lloyd AW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-compartmented microbial fuel cell composed of a graphite felt anode modified with Neutral Red (NR-anode) and a porous Fe(II)-carbon cathode (FeC-cathode) were compared for electricity generation from Microbacterium sp. and Pseudomonas sp. under identical conditions. Pseudomonas sp. was more than four times th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee SW,Jeon BY,Park DH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To propose and verify a hypothesis that miR-17-5p knockdown may mitigate atherosclerotic lesions using atherosclerotic ApoE-/- mice as serum microRNA-17-5p (miR-17-5p) is elevated in patients with atherosclerosis. RESULTS:The level of miR-17-5p was higher while the level of very low density lipoprotein recep...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tan L,Meng L,Shi X,Yu B

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To engineer Pichia pastoris for heterologous production of cellulase from Musca domestica and explore its potential for industrial applications. RESULTS:A new beta-glucosidase gene (bg), encoding 562 amino acids, was cloned from M. domestica by using rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The gene bg was linked t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang S,Huang J,Hu R,Guo G,Shang X,Wu J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylokinase (SAK) is a promising thrombolytic agent for treating blood-clotting disorders. Recombinant SAK (rSAK) was produced after integration of the gene into Pichia pastoris genome. The recombinant Pichia carrying multiple insertions of the SAK gene yielded high-level (approximately 1 g/l) of extracellular glyc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Apte-Deshpnade A,Mandal G,Soorapaneni S,Prasad B,Kumar J,Padmanabhan S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4 kb BamHI-HindIlI fragment, corresponding to the cry2A operon of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain BNS3, was cloned. The sequencing of the corresponding cry2Aa-type gene, termed crybns3-4, revealed an open reading frame of 1902 bp, encoding a protein of 633 amino-acid residues. Both nucleotide and amino...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tounsi S,Jaoua S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we aimed to maximize glutathione (GSH) production by a metabolically engineered Yarrowia lipolytica strain using a small-scale optimization approach. RESULTS:A three levels four factorial Box-Behnken Design was used to assess the effect of pH, inulin extract, yeast extract and ammonium sulfate...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Do DTH,Fickers P,Ben Tahar I

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces is an attractive host for heterologous protein secretion. To further optimize its expression capacity, better expression vectors will be helpful. Here, based on pSGL1, a high copy number plasmid present in Streptomyces globisporus C-1027, we constructed a series of novel E. coli-Streptomyces shuttle expre...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhu Y,Wang L,Du Y,Wang S,Yu T,Hong B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many enzymes used as digestive aids exhibit, at best, moderate stability when incubated under gastrointestinal conditions. A supplemental β-galactosidase administered orally to treat lactose intolerance was conjugated to 40 kDa, branched polyethylene glycol (PEG). PEGylation increased the enzyme's relative activity at...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Turner KM,Pasut G,Veronese FM,Boyce A,Walsh G

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tributyl phosphate (TBP) is widely used in nuclear fuel processing and other waste generating chemical industries. Although TBP is bacteriostatic, some microbes are resistant to it and may degrade it. Under dark aerobiosis, purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacteria degraded up to 0.6 mM TBP, initially present at 2 mM,...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Berne C,Allainmat B,Garcia D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GERI-155 is a macrolide antibiotic containing two deoxyhexose molecules which has antimicrobial activities against gram-positive bacteria. The deoxyhexose biosynthetic gene cluster of GERI-155 from Streptomyces sp. GERI-155 genome has now been isolated. Four orf were identified and a putative orf, supposed to code for...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sohng JK,Kim HJ,Nam DH,Lim DO,Han JM,Lee HJ,Yoo JC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aqueous-organic biphasic system was established and used with whole cells of Oenococcus oeni to reduce 2-octanone to (R)-2-octanol. The conversion reached 99% when the Tris/borate buffer was increased from 50 mM to 300 mM in the aqueous phase. In addition, the conversion increased as the log P value of the organic ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hu J,Xu Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00