A novel assay system for the measurement of transketolase activity using xylulokinase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

abstract：:This review concerns basic research on cellulases and cellulose-specific carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs). As a background, glycosyl hydrolases are also briefly reviewed. The nomenclature of cellulases and CBMs is discussed. The main cellulase-producing organisms and their cellulases are described. Synergy, enantio...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hildén L,Johansson G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of secreted proteins in filamentous fungi is down-regulated by a transcriptional feedback mechanism under endoplasmic reticulum stress, termed repression under secretion stress (RESS). To investigate the RESS mechanism, we analyzed the expression of the Taka-amylase A gene (amyB) in Aspergillus oryzae, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhou B,Wang C,Wang B,Li X,Xiao J,Pan L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between ectomycorrhizal fungi (Suillus laricinus, S. tomentosus, Amanita vaginata and Gomphidius viscidus) and the pathogen Rhizoctonia solani in co-culture were studied using both light and scanning electron microscopy. S. laricinus, S. tomentosus and A. vaginata inhibited the growth of the pathogen. Mor...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tang M,Zhang RQ,Chen H,Zhang HH,Tian ZQ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human intestinal maltase (HMA) is an α-glucosidase that hydrolyses α-1,4-linkages from the non-reducing end of malto-oligosaccharides. HMA is an important target to discover of new drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In this study, 308,307 compounds were virtually screened with HMA using Autodock 3.0.5 in a WI...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Nguyen TT,Ryu HJ,Lee SH,Hwang S,Cha J,Breton V,Kim D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectinase was immobilized on a sodium alginate support using glutaraldehyde and retained 66% activity. The optimal pH for activity shifted from 3.0 to 3.5 after immobilization; however, the optimum temperature remained unchanged at 40 degrees C. The immobilized enzyme also had a higher thermal stability and reusabilit...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li T,Wang N,Li S,Zhao Q,Guo M,Zhang C

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By systematic investigation, glutamate and a mixture of metal ions were identified as factors limiting the production of nattokinase in Bacillus subtilis. Consequently, in medium supplemented with these materials, the recombinant strain secreted 4 times more nattokinase (260 mg l(-1)) than when grown in the unsuppleme...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chen PT,Chao YP

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify and characterize a novel antimicrobial peptide, catesbeianin-1. RESULTS:Catesbeianin-1 is 25 amino acids long and is α-helical, cationic and amphipathic. It had antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. It was resistant against trypsin and pepsin. Catesbeianin-1 ex...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Xu H,Zhang Y,Feng X,Tie K,Cao Y,Han W

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sigma 70-like gene, sigA, has been identified from Corynebacterium ammoniagenes. The sigA gene encodes a polypeptide of 467 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 52036 Da. The deduced amino acid sequence preserves the common motifs of the primary sigma factors and shows very high similarity to those of Sig...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee BR,Kim JH

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) beads, recombinantly produced in Escherichia coli, were functionalized to display lipase B from Candida antarctica as translational protein fusion. The respective beads were characterized in respect to protein content, functionality, long term storage capacity and re-usability. The direct fu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jahns AC,Rehm BH

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial and fungal contaminants of enset (Ensete ventricosum) cultures and microbes associated with surface-sterilized field material were identified by 16S/26S rDNA sequencing. Ten bacterial species were identified in 16 isolates from in vitro cultures and seven in 10 isolates from field clones. Three yeast species...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Birmeta G,Passoth V,Roos S,Welander M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochrobactrum anthropi cleaved the delta-(D-alpha-aminoadipoyl)-side chain from delta-(D-alpha-aminoadipoyl)-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin, a beta-lactamase-resistant cephalosporin C analogue. In whole cell conversions up to 1 nkat g(-1) dry cell wt were achieved. O. anthropi possesses also gamma-D-glutamyltranspeptidase ac...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Patett F,Fischer L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel and convenient method for the determination of glycoproteins, especially antibodies, using galactose oxidase (GAO) on the basis of the contents of galactosyl and N-acetylgalactosaminyl residues in carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins. GAO converts galactose residues to their corresponding aldehyde an...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jeon SI,Hong JW,Yoon HC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell division of the wild type strain Corynebacterium (formerly Brevibacterium) ammoniagenes ATCC 6872 which requires 1 microM Mn2+ for balanced growth was inhibited by addition of 20 mM hydroxyurea (HU) or 10 mM p-methoxyphenol (MP) to a Mn2+-supplemented fermentation medium at an appropriate time. Scanning electron ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Abbouni B,Elhariry HM,Auling G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The industrial-scale production of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) mainly uses strains of Rhodotorula. However, the PAL gene from Rhodotorula has not been cloned. Here, the full-length gene of PAL from Rhodotorula glutinis was isolated. It was 2,121 bp, encoding a polypeptide with 706 amino acids and a calculated MW...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhu L,Cui W,Fang Y,Liu Y,Gao X,Zhou Z

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:16,17-Epoxysterol plays an important role in pharmaceutical steroid synthesis. To investigate the potential application of cytochrome P450 for epoxysterol synthesis, an approach to the epoxidation of 16,17-epoxysterol, based on directed evolution of cytochrome P450 BM-3, was developed. This comprised random gene mutag...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jiang D,Tu R,Bai P,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Silk sericin is a natural polymer with potential utility in biomedical and biotechnological applications. Recombinantly expressed sericin ensures a source of pure protein with no contamination and with multiple properties when expressed as a fusion protein. Hence, the present paper aims to recombinantly expre...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Thomas DS,Manoharan C,Rasalkar S,Mishra RK,Gopalapillai R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Marc-145 cells (monkey embryonic kidney epithelial cells) play a critical role in the biotechnology industry as certain virus host cells. To investigate the expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) gene as a foreign gene in Marc-145 cells, which we developed an approach of foreign gene site-sp...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chang Y,Shao J,Gao Y,Liu W,Gao Z,Hu Y,Chang H

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of a low-temperature alkalophilic lipase from Acinetobacter johnsonii was improved using genome shuffling. The starting populations, obtained by UV irradiation and diethyl sulfate mutagenesis, were subjected to recursive protoplast fusion. The optimal conditions for protoplast formation and regeneration...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang H,Zhang J,Wang X,Qi W,Dai Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTS:To explore the roles of growth factor receptor-bound protein 14 (GRB14) in colorectal cancer (CRC) and its correlation with clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of CRC patients. RESULTS:GRB14 was localized in the cytoplasm of CRC and benign glandular epithelium cells, showing higher levels in CRC ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang P,Wei J,Li W,He F,Zeng S,Zhang T,Sun Z,Cao J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dodecanol (1% v/v) and dodecanoic acid (1% w/v) inhibited growth of Yarrowia lipolytica in complex media supplemented with glucose but dodecanedioic acid (1% w/v) was not toxic. Dodecanol-tolerant strains were prepared from the wild type strain H222 as well as the acyl-CoA oxidase deleted (deltaPOX2, POX3, POX5) strai...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Smit MS,Mokgoro MM,Setati E,Nicaud JM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioreactors are essential in tissue engineering, not only because they provide an in vitro environment mimicking in vivo conditions for the growth of tissue substitutes, but also because they enable systematic studies of the responses of living tissues to various mechanical and biochemical cues. The basic principles o...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chen HC,Hu YC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to treat the kitchen wastes and produce hydrogen, anaerobic fermentation technology was used in this experiment. The results showed that the fermentation type changed from mixed acid fermentation to ethanol fermentation in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) 22 days after start-up. The maximum efficiency...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shi Y,Zhao XT,Cao P,Hu Y,Zhang L,Jia Y,Lu Z

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant Mycobacterium sp. strain MR65 carrying dszABCD genes was used for desulfurization of 10-methylbenzo[b]naphtho[2,1-d]thiophene (10-methyl BNT) in the hexadecane phase. The specific activity was 25% of that of dibenzothiophene (DBT). One of two major metabolites of 10-methyl BNT produced by strain MR65 was i...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Watanabe K,Noda K,Maruhashi K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the core of a biomanufacturing process for recombinant proteins is the production cell line. It influences the productivity and product quality. Its characteristics also dictate process development, as the process is optimized to complement the producing cell to achieve the target productivity and quality. Advances...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Le H,Vishwanathan N,Jacob NM,Gadgil M,Hu WS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene encoding the α-chain of goose immunoglobulin heavy-chain (Igα) was cloned by reverse transcription-PCR. The cDNA had 1,760 bp and encompassed a partial V-D-J region of the heavy chain, a constant region (Cα) and 3'-untranslated region of α-chain. The Cα gene contains four constant region domains (CH1-CH4)...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Guo Y,Gao M,Luo X,Sheng Q,Ma B,Wang J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogenous derivatives of the two orange pigments from Monascus sp. with anti-melanogenic activities were prepared using fermentation and chemical synthesis. The pigments were produced in a 5 l jar fermentor. A total of 33 derivatives were synthesized via incorporation of L-amino acids and amines into the pigments. T...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jo D,Choe D,Nam K,Shin CS

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some pest management programs employ PCR to identify cry1 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis to predict bacterial toxicity towards different insect pests. However, due to changes on the mode of action of the Cry proteins, new primers had to be designed to detect the new genes. Therefore, an 'in-silico' study of genetic...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Davolos CC,Guidelli-Thuler AM,de Abreu IL,Sena JA,Lemos MV

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maltose-binding protein (MBP), which possesses a large number of exposed hydrophobic zones, can be used as a link for the immobilization of growth factors. The amount of immobilized MBP-vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) for polystyrene surface was increased with respect to increasing protein, showing 101...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Han M,Park IS,Kim SH,Kim BS,Kim SH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our current knowledge of protein unfolding is overwhelmingly related to reversible denaturation. However, to engineer thermostable enzymes for industrial applications and medical diagnostics, it is necessary to consider irreversible denaturation processes and/or the entire quaternary structure. In this study we have u...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kaneko H,Minagawa H,Shimada J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:δ-Integration can improve the expression stability and increase the copy number of exogenous genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Generally, δ-integration vectors employ auxotrophic markers, such as LEU2-d, HIS3, TRP1, and URA3, to screen transformants. In this study, two cellulase genes (β-glucosidase and endoglucanase...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu L,Liu C,Zou S,Yang H,Hong J,Ma Y,Zhang M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00