Amyloglucosidase-catalyzed synthesis of eugenyl and curcuminyl glycosides.

abstract：:Deacetoxy/deacetylcephalosporin C synthase (acDAOC/DACS) from Acremonium chrysogenum is a bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes both the ring-expansion of penicillin N to deacetoxycephalosporin C and the hydroxylation of the latter to deacetylcephalosporin C. The R308 residue located in close proximity to the C-terminus ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu XB,Tian XY,Ji JJ,Wu WB,Fan KQ,Yang KQ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic regulation in Escherichia coli was studied in terms of the changes in the expression of the global regulatory genes rpoD, rpoS, soxRS, cra, fadR, iclR and arcA at three different growth phases, in batch culture. The expression of rpoS and several rpoS-dependent metabolic pathway genes, such as tktB, talA, fu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Rahman M,Hasan MR,Shimizu K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A bio-based process is appealing for purification of L-lactic acid, the major enantiomer of polylactic acid syrup, generated by thermochemical processes at the end of life of PLA-based plastics, from its chiral impurity, D-lactic acid, before reuse. RESULTS:Polylactic acid (PLA), a renewable alternative to p...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chauliac D,Pullammanappallil PC,Ingram LO,Shanmugam KT

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Malic enzyme (ME) catalyses the oxidative decarboxylation of L-malate to pyruvate and provides NADPH for intracellular metabolism, such as fatty acid synthesis. Here, the mitochondrial ME (mME) gene from Mortierella alpina was homologously over-expressed. Compared with controls, fungal arachidonic acid (ARA; 20:4 n-6)...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hao G,Chen H,Du K,Huang X,Song Y,Gu Z,Wang L,Zhang H,Chen W,Chen YQ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This short commentary examines the factors that led to Food and Drug Administration's approval of the first plant-derived biologic. RESULTS:In 2012, the first plant-derived protein pharmaceutical (biologic) was approved for commercial use in humans. The product, a recombinant form of human β-glucocerebrosid...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mor TS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unstructured model based on mass balance equations for a recombinant methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris MutS (Methanol Utilization Slow) strain expressing the mini-proinsulin (MPI), was successfully established in quasi-steady state fed-batch fermentations with varying total quantity of biomass in a 7 l fermenter...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： País JM,Varas L,Valdés J,Cabello C,Rodríguez L,Mansur M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytic colonization in rice was induced using rhizobia. Dehusked seeds of rice hybrid, CORH2, were used as explants for induction of calli. MS medium was modified with 2,4-D (2.5 mg l(-1)) and kinetin (0.2 mg l(-1)) for callus induction. Well-developed calli were inoculated with Azorhizobium caulinodans strains OR...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Senthilkumar M,Madhaiyan M,Sundaram SP,Sangeetha H,Kannaiyan S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described a model to implant dissociated cells into a cylindrical, vascularized bed in vivo to promote the formation of functional cardiac muscle constructs. We now investigate the cellular organization and the ability of the constructs to generate intra-luminal pressure. Primary cardiac cells were ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Birla RK,Dhawan V,Dow DE,Huang YC,Brown DL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen strains of Bacillus thuringiensis collected from both larvae showing disease symptoms and soil samples in northwest Argentina were characterized by insecticidal activity against Spodoptera frugiperda. First instar larvae and protein profile SDS-PAGE analysis of whole cell proteins not only allowed the differe...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Alvarez A,Pera LM,Loto F,Virla EG,Baigori MD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Ruta graveolens shoots was induced when Bacillus sp. cell lysates were added to the culture medium. Elicitation of coumarin by this lysate was also very effective; the concentrations of isopimpinelin, xanthotoxin and bergapten increased to 610, 2120 and 1460 microg g(-1) dry wt, respectively. It also had a s...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Orlita A,Sidwa-Gorycka M,Malinski E,Czerwicka M,Kumirska J,Golebiowski M,Lojkowska E,Stepnowski P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:Thymidine is an important precursor in antiviral drugs. We have enhanced thymidine production in E. coli by eliminating the repressors in the transcription of the gene coding for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase. The operon for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CarAB) in the thymidine biosynthesis regulator...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Koo BS,Hyun HH,Kim SY,Kim CH,Lee HC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Enhancement of the potential ability of biomacromolecules to cross cell membranes is a critical step for development of effective therapeutic vaccine especially DNA vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection. The supercharged proteins were known as powerful weapons for delivery of diffe...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kardani K,Bolhassani A,Agi E,Hashemi A

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) was more efficiently degraded by cutinase compared to yeast esterase; i.e. almost 80% of initial DBP (500 mg l(-1)) was decomposed within 7.5 h, and nearly 50% of the degraded DBP disappeared within the initial 30 min. The toxicity of the final DBP degradation products were investigated using v...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim YH,Lee J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel cancer/testis antigen gene, NY-SAR-35, is expressed exclusively in normal testis and in various histological types of tumor. However, the NY-SAR-35 gene expression is observed to be aberrant in several cancer cell lines and tissues. The analysis of methylation status of the NY-SAR-35 gene promoter in various...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Park JH,Song MH,Lee CH,Lee MK,Park YM,Old L,Lee SY

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate antioxidative and biotransformation enzyme responses in Mucor hiemalis towards cyanotoxins considering its use in mycoremediation applications. RESULTS:Catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in M. hiemalis maintained their activities at all tested microcy...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Balsano E,Esterhuizen-Londt M,Hoque E,Lima SP

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Exogenous phytase improved the activity of hydrolases to decrease the malting time. RESULTS:Treatment with phytase during barley steeping increased activity of hydrolases (α-/β-amylase, proteinase, β-glucanase and xylanase) in green malt. Maximal activity was observed for α-/β-amylase, β-glucanase and xylan...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Qiu R,Lu J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular esterase, EstK, was purified from the psychrotrophic bacterium Pseudomonas mandelii grown at 25°C. Prior to harvest, cells were treated with 0.2 M MgCl2 to precipitate lipopolysaccharides in the outer membranes, which otherwise form aggregates with the secreted enzymes. EstK was purified to homogeneit...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hong S,Lee C,Jang SH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of cry gene contents can help to predict the insecticidal activities of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates and in the searching of new cry genes. PCR-Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) profiling and sequencing of the highly variable cry gene regions were used to characterize cry gene content ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lin Y,Fang G,Peng K

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：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 recombinant gene coding for an antibody-targeted urokinase-type plasminogen activator was constructed for the purpose of enhancing the thrombolytic specificity of urokinase. The recombinant gene was cloned into prokaryotic expression vector pTrcHisA, and transformed into Escherichia coli strain Rosetta (DE3). Less t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yu M,Yu M,Ru B

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetic acid is by-product from fermentation processes for producing succinic acid using Mannheimia succiniciproducens . To obtain pure succinic acid from the final fermentation broth, acetic acid was selectively removed based on the different extractability of succinic acid and acetic acid with pH using tri-n-octylami...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huh YS,Hong YK,Hong WH,Chang HN

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent progress in knowledge on biochemical properties and functions of phospholipases A(2) in plants paved the way for approving the suitability of these enzymes for commercial use now. The secreted phospholipases A(2), representing one type of phospholipases A(2) occurring in plants, show distinct differences in...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mansfeld J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Washed cells (62 mg) of Kitasatospora sp. GF12 in 4 ml buffer (pH 7) catalyzed the regioselective hydroxylation of 60 mM 1,3-adamantanediol [1,3-ad(OH)(2)] to 30.9 mM 1,3,5-adamantanetriol [1,3,5-ad(OH)(3)] over 120 h at 24 °C. Glycerol at 400 mM was added to the reaction mixture to recycle the intracellular NADH/NADP...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mitsukura K,Yamanaka N,Yoshida T,Nagasawa T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation has significantly negative effect on cell survival rate (P < 0.01) and positive effect on astaxanthin accumulation (P < 0.01) of Haematococcus pluvialis. H. pluvialis accumulated 3.2 mg/g of astaxanthin when being exposed to 5 W/m(2) of UV-B for 60 min prior to 72 h of high light treatme...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu Z,Chen G,Chong S,Mak NK,Chen F,Jiang Y

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The culture broth of Streptomyces halstedii AJ-7 suppressed the growth of Phytophthora capsici, which causes phytophthora blight in red-peppers, with less than 1% survival of the pathogen after 12 h of treatment. The low molecular fraction (< or = 10 kDa) of the culture broth retained anti-fungal activity against P. c...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Joo GJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusion expression is a common practice for recombinant protein production. Some fusion tags confer solubility on the target protein whereas others provide affinity handles that facilitate purification. However, the tag usually needs to be removed from the final product, which involves using expensive proteases or haza...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Y

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural cortical cells, isolated from prenatal rat cerebra, were grown on surface-modified poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid, 65:35) (PLGA) films coated with poly-D: -lysine (PDL) with either laminin (LN), fibronectin (FN) or collagen (CN). Immunocytochemistry showed that the isolated cells were highly immunopositive for bo...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Han DW,Sub Lee M,Park BJ,Kim JK,Park JC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00