Self-cleaving fusion tags for recombinant protein production.

abstract：:A non-characterized gene, previously proposed as the D-tagatose-3-epimerase gene from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Its molecular mass was estimated to be 64 kDa with two identical subunits. The enzyme specificity was highest with D-fructose and decreased for other substrates i...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang L,Mu W,Jiang B,Zhang T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To design novel 3D in vitro co-culture models based on the RGD-peptide-induced cell self-assembly technique. RESULTS:Multicellular spheroids from M-3 murine melanoma cells and L-929 murine fibroblasts were obtained directly from monolayer culture by addition of culture medium containing cyclic RGD-peptide. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Akasov R,Gileva A,Zaytseva-Zotova D,Burov S,Chevalot I,Guedon E,Markvicheva E

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To find a novel host for the production of 4-vinylphenol (4VPh) by screening Streptomyces species. RESULTS:The conversion of p-coumaric acid (pHCA) to 4VPh in Streptomyces mobaraense was evaluated using a medium containing pHCA. S. mobaraense readily assimilated pHCA after 24 h of cultivation to produce 4VP...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fujiwara R,Noda S,Kawai Y,Tanaka T,Kondo A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleurotus eryngii was transformed using a polyethylene glycol-mediated method. A plasmid, pEPUGH, containing a reporter gene (enhanced green fluorescent protein gene, egfp) and a positive selectable marker gene (hygromycin phosphotransferase gene, hph) was constructed. The fused egfp-hph gene was placed under the cont...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yin Y,Liu Y,Jin H,Wang S,Zhao S,Geng X,Li M,Xu F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted gene replacement in the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus KCTC 17555 has been hampered by its propensity to non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). To enhance homologous recombination (HR) by blocking NHEJ, we identified and disrupted the K. marxianus KU80 gene. The ku80 deletion mutant strain (Kmku80∆)...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choo JH,Han C,Kim JY,Kang HA

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：: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：:A dicistronic expression vector was constructed for Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells that produce both selectable marker-DHFR (dihydrofolate reductase) gene and recombinant antibody cDNA from a single primary transcript via differential splicing. The vector was derived from a pDHL vector and contained the human const...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Xiong KH,Liang QC,Xiong H,Zou CX,Gao GD,Zhao ZW,Zhang H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant plasmid, pGMF, containing a gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene (GSH-I) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was constructed with a copper-resistance gene as the selection marker and was introduced into S. cerevisiae YSF-31. The glutathione content of the recombinant strain was 1.5-fold (13.1 mg g dry cells...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fan X,He X,Guo X,Qu N,Wang C,Zhang B

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semliki forest virus (SFV) is a pathogen causing lethal encephalitis in laboratory mice. In this study, we obtained three short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) which could specifically target SFV sequence in GFP reporting systems and effectively suppress SFV replication in luciferase-containing reporter virus system. At a multi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang K,Chen Y,Pan J,Ahola T,Guo D

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium spp. produce n-butanol in the acetone/butanol/ethanol process. For sustainable industrial scale butanol production, a number of obstacles need to be addressed including choice of feedstock, the low product yield, toxicity to production strain, multiple-end products and downstream processing of alcohol mixt...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jurgens G,Survase S,Berezina O,Sklavounos E,Linnekoski J,Kurkijärvi A,Väkevä M,van Heiningen A,Granström T

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccases play an important role in the biological break down of lignin and have great potential in the deconstruction of lignocellulosic feedstocks. We examined 16 laccases, both commercially prepared and crude extracts, for their ability to oxidize veratryl alcohol in the presence of various solvents and mediators. S...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Larson TM,Anderson AM,Rich JO

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA of the starch-branching enzyme I gene (IbSBEI) in the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) has been cloned and sequenced. The IbSBEI amino acid sequence was 81% identical to that of potato StSBEI. DNA gel-blot analyses demonstrated that at least two copies of IbSBEI are present in the sweet potato genome. IbSBEI wa...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hamada T,Kim SH,Shimada T

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:A novel cDNA for the flavonoid-3',5'-hydroxylase (F35H) gene was cloned from petals of Phalaenopsis, and designated as Phf35h (accession number DQ148458 in GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ). The genomic clone of Phf35h was isolated by a PCR-based strategy. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that its genomic clone contains one int...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang J,Ming F,Han Y,Shen D

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:The effects of the sequential application of methyl jasmonate (MeJa), salicylic acid (SA) and yeast extract (YE) to Argemone mexicana cell cultures were compared to either the sole application of each elicitor, or to the three-partite mixture. The highest sanguinarine accumulation occurred using the sequential treatme...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Trujillo-Villanueva K,Rubio-Piña J,Monforte-González M,Ramírez-Benítez E,Vázquez-Flota F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conventional method of transketolase (TKT) activity assay uses ribose 5-phosphate and xylulose 5-phosphate as substrates. However, a new method of TKT assay is currently required since xylulose 5-phosphate is no longer commercially available and is difficult to synthesize chemically. Although there are effective a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee JY,Cheong DE,Kim GJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computational search was carried out to identify additional binding sites for the manganese response regulator, ManR, in the genome of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. This approach predicted ManR binding sites: the promoter regions of the genes of all3575-alr3576 and the gene of alr5134 from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Electropho...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huang W,Wu QY

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rhizosphere is the soil-plant root interphase and in practice consists of the soil adhering to the root besides the loose soil surrounding it. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are potential agents for the biological control of plant pathogens. A biocontrol strain should be able to protect the host plant...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Babalola OO

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most high-affinity phosphate transporter genes (OsPTs) in rice were highly induced in roots when phosphate was depleted. OsPT1, however, was highly expressed in primary roots and leaves regardless of external phosphate concentrations. This finding was confirmed histochemically using transgenic rice plants that express...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Seo HM,Jung Y,Song S,Kim Y,Kwon T,Kim DH,Jeung SJ,Yi YB,Yi G,Nam MH,Nam J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ECO-orf27 associated with the cluster of ECO-0501 (LW01) from Amycolatopsis orientalis is deduced to encode a type II thioesterase. Disruption of ECO-orf27 reduced LW01 production by 95 %. Complementation of the disrupted mutant with intact ECO-orf27 restored the production of LW01 suggesting that ECO-orf27 is crucial...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shen Y,Huang H,Zhu L,Luo M,Chen D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:The biosynthetic pathway of a new antitumor compound, haloroquinone, is elucidated to facilitate metabolic regulation for product accumulation and modification to produce new bioactive structural analogues of the compound. The biosynthetic origin of a novel promising protein kinase B inh...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Niu C,Cai M,Zhang Y,Zhou X

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prepared ATP photosynthetic vesicles from inside-out membranes of Escherichia coli cells that express delta-rhodopsin (a novel light-driven H(+) transporter) and TF(0)F(1)-ATP synthase (a thermo-stable ATP synthase). These vesicles showed light-dependent ATP synthesis. Furthermore, coupling the ATP photosynthetic v...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hara KY,Suzuki R,Suzuki T,Yoshida M,Kino K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia marcescens SS-1 and its SpnR-defective isogenic mutant, SMdeltaR, produced an extracellular surfactant able to decrease surface tension of water from 72 to 37 dyne cm(-1) (SMdeltaR strain) and to 45 dyne cm(-1) (SS-1 strain). The biosurfactant also emulsified kerosene and diesel with a maximum emulsion index ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wei YH,Lai HC,Chen SY,Yeh MS,Chang JS

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Synthesis of long DNA fragments is often associated with mutations and requires multiple DNA manipulation steps. A novel DNA synthesis method, referred to as patch oligodeoxynucleotide synthesis (POS) to assembly long DNA fragments is presented here. This method involves connection of two types of oligodeoxynucleotide...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang G,Wang S,Wei H,Ping J,Liu J,Xu L,Zhang W

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrids between Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus brevis were generated via protoplast fusion. Growth kinetics of five hybrid strains and E. coli were used to evaluate the butanol tolerance of the novel strains under different conditions. The hybrid strains tolerated up to 2% (v/v) butanol compared to the 1% (v/v) ma...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Winkler J,Rehmann M,Kao KC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) have emerged as a viable option in targeted delivery of highly potent cytotoxic drugs in treatment of solid tumors. At the time of writing, only two ADCs have received regulatory approval with >40 others in clinical development. The first generation ADCs suffered from a lack of specific...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Bakhtiar R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00