Carrier-free immobilized enzymes for biocatalysis.

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：:Oligo-chitosans were chemically modified with dinitrophenyl groups for selective and rapid adsorption of amitriptyline by forming pi-pi complexes. 1H-NMR was utilized not only for characterization of modified chitosans but also for monitoring the aromatic-aromatic interaction. The variation in the chemical shift of ar...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee DW,Baney R

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To rationally identify targets for enhancing adenosine production, transcription level of genes involved in adenosine synthesis of Bacillus subtilis XGL was detected during the fermentation process, complemented with metabolite pool analysis. RESULTS:PurR-regulated genes (pur operon and purA) and prs were d...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang C,Du S,Liu Y,Xie X,Xu Q,Chen N

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous expression in Escherichia coli often leads to production of the expressed proteins as insoluble and inactive inclusion bodies. The general strategy for protein recovery includes isolation and washing of inclusion bodies, solubilization of aggregated protein and refolding of solubilized protein. The proces...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ferreira S,Sousa F,Queiroz JA,Domingues FC

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:Electrotransformation of Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus JW200 was achieved using the plasmid, pTE16, and a pUC-based suicide vector, pTEA2. The construct pTE16 is based on the Escherichia coli-Clostridium perfringens shuttle vector pJIR715 and contains a thermostable chloramphenicol (Cm) resistance cassette. Evidence ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Peng H,Fu B,Mao Z,Shao W

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solubilization of lignin and carbohydrates from the lignin-holocellulose structure of cotton seed-coat fragments was investigated by UV/VIS spectrometry. Xylanase (Pulpzyme HC) pre-treatment partially destroyed the lignocellulosic structure of the seed-coat fragments, producing reducing sugars and soluble lignin in th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Csiszár E,Losonczi A,Koczka B,Szakács G,Pomlényi A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four Cr(VI)-reducing bacterial strains (Ochrobactrum intermedium, CrT-2, CrT-3 and CrT-4) previously isolated from chromium-contaminated sites were inoculated on to seeds of sunflower (Helianthus annuus var SF-187), which were germinated and grown along with non-inoculated controls with chromate salts (300 microg CrCl...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Faisal M,Hasnain S

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To screen the phylogenetically-nearest members of Cellulosimicrobium cellulans for the production of cellulosome-like multienzyme complexes and extracellular β-xylosidase activity against 7-xylosyltaxanes and to get corresponding molecular insights. RESULTS:Cellulosimicrobium (family Promicromonosporaceae) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang W,Yu Y,Dou TY,Wang JY,Sun C

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus sp. CGMCC 4911 transformed 1,3-propanediol cyclic sulfate (1,3-PDS) and its derivatives into corresponding diols. Ethylene sulfate, glycol sulfide, 1,3-PDS, and 1,2-propanediol cyclic sulfate were effectively hydrolyzed with growing cells. (R)-1,2-Propanediol (>99 % e.e.) was obtained at 44 % yield with gr...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： He YC,Tao ZC,Zhang DP,Yang ZX,Gao S,Ma CL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosylceramide and galactosylceramide were detected in three Aspergillus species: Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus sojae and Aspergillus. awamori, using borate-coated TLC. The cerebrosides from A. oryzae were further purified by ion exchange and iatrobeads column chromatographies with or without borate, and determine...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tani Y,Amaishi Y,Funatsu T,Ito M,Itonori S,Hata Y,Ashida H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the feasibility of larch (Larix decidua Mill.) embryogenic cell culture as alternative plant expression system, protein stability in fresh and conditioned medium was characterized in this study and compared to tobacco BY2 suspension culture. Fresh and conditioned media were spiked with 1 microg human IgG an...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Calinski A,Classen B,Zoglauer K,Boehm R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroporation of Litopenaeus schmitti embryos was used to transfer the pE300tiGH15 plasmid that contains the tilapia growth hormone gene (tiGH) complexed with a nuclear localization signal peptide into the zygotes. The gene construct was detected in 35 (36%) of the 98 larvae screened by PCR and Southern blot analyse...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Arenal A,Pimentel R,Pimentel E,Martín L,Santiesteban D,Franco R,Aleström P

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccase was produced by Coriolopsis rigida using barley bran as substrate in solid-state fermentation (SSF) and also by submerged fermentation (SmF). The best results were obtained in SSF with twice the amount of laccase production. Laccase could be produced from repeated batch cultures of SSF over 30 days. The laccas...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Gómez J,Rodríguez Solar D,Pazos M,Sanromán MA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human DNA polymerase iota (Pol ι) is a Y-family DNA polymerase with unusual biochemical properties and not fully understood functions. Pol ι preferentially incorporates dGTP opposite template thymine. This property can be used to monitor Pol ι activity in the presence of other DNA polymerases, e.g. in cell extracts of...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Makarova IV,Kazakov AA,Makarova AV,Khaidarova NV,Kozikova LV,Nenasheva VV,Gening LV,Tarantul VZ,Andreeva LE

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic reactions of the clostridial 1-butanol biosynthesis pathway can be regarded to be the inverted reactions of the fatty acid β-oxidation pathway. A pathway for the biosynthesis of fuels and chemicals was recently engineered by combining enzymes from both aerobic and anaerobic fatty acid β-oxidation as well as ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Gulevich AY,Skorokhodova AY,Sukhozhenko AV,Shakulov RS,Debabov VG

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ion-exchange chromatography behavior of recombinant glucose dehydrogenase harboring pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQGDH) was modified to greatly simplify its purification. The surface charge of PQQGDH was engineered by either fusing a three-arginine tail to the C-terminus of PQQGDH (PQQGDH+Arg3) or by substituting th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Koh H,Igarashi S,Sode K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motif analysis of PGa4 indicated that eight consecutive guanine residues were most important for pyrroloquinoline quinine glucose dehydrogenase (PQQGDH) recognition. Because the truncated mutants minimized unexpected interactions between PGa4 and the target-binding aptamer, they will now facilitate the construction of...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Abe K,Sode K,Ikebukuro K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucor circinelloides and Mortierella isabellina hydroxylated dehydroabietic acid (DehA). DehA was converted regio- and stereo-selectively by whole cells of Mr. circinelloides to give 2alpha-hydroxydehydroabietic acid in a 75% molar conversion yield (11 mM from 14.7 mM DehA) after 72 h in the cultivation medium contain...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mitsukura K,Imoto T,Nagaoka H,Yoshida T,Nagasawa T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorella protothecoides, a lutein-producing microalga, was grown aerobically in a mineral medium prepared with 70% (v/v) deuterated water. HPLC/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (HPLC/APCI-MS) analysis revealed approximately 58% replacement of hydrogen by deuterium atoms as indicated by the m...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Bhosale P,Serban B,Bernstein PS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is a potential target for treatment of type 2 diabetes. Vanadium and zinc metal coordinated complexes have insulin-enhancing activities, and while vanadium compounds inhibit PTP1B, little is known on the mode of action of zinc compounds. In this study we develo...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Seale AP,de Jesus LA,Kim SY,Choi YH,Lim HB,Hwang CS,Kim YS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Heterotrophic manganese (Mn)-oxidizing microorganisms responsible for biogenic manganese oxide (Bio-MnOx) production are fastidious. Their enrichment is not easily accomplished by merely adding a soluble organic substrate to non-sterile mixed cultures. The objective of this study was to evaluate polycaprolact...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Aoki M,Miyashita Y,Tran PT,Okuno Y,Watari T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2021-01-26 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：:Seeds play essential roles in plant life cycle and germination is a complex process which is associated with different phases of water imbibition. Upon imbibition, seeds begin utilization of storage substances coupled with metabolic activity and biosynthesis of new proteins. Regeneration of organelles and emergence of...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zaynab M,Kanwal S,Furqan M,Islam W,Noman A,Ali GM,Rehman N,Zafar S,Sughra K,Jahanzab M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA) profiling is a first important step in elucidating miRNA functions. Real time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and microarray hybridization approaches as well as ultra high throughput sequencing of miRNAs (small RNA-seq) are popular and widely used profiling methods. All of these profiling approaches face s...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Meyer SU,Pfaffl MW,Ulbrich SE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:To increase the bioproduction of L-phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC), a precursor molecule in the synthesis of the decongestants ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and which suffers from substrate, product, and by-product inhibition, by ensuring that the delivery of the substrate, benzaldehyde, is maintained within...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Khan TR,Daugulis AJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The limiting step for biosynthesis of 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) in Klebsiella pneumoniae is the conversion of 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde (3-HPA) to 3-HP. This reaction is catalyzed by aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) with NAD(+) as a cofactor. Although NAD(+)-dependent ALDH overexpression facilitates 3-HP biosynthesis...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Y,Liu L,Tian P

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tandem affinity purification (TAP) is a methodology for the isolation of protein complexes from endogenous sources. It involves incorporation of a dual-affinity tag into the protein of interest and introduction of the construct into desired cell lines or organisms. Using the two affinity handles, the protein complex a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Y

更新日期：2011-08-01 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