Discovery of a novel esterase subfamily sharing an identified arm sequence (ArmEst) by gene-specific metagenomic PCR.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of epicatechin-3-gallate (ECG), a polyphenol that is present in green tea, on doxorubicin (DOX) cytotoxicity in H9C2 cardiomyocytes and its underlying mechanisms were investigated. RESULTS:Pretreatment with ECG (20 and 30 μM) significantly increased DOX-induced apoptosis to 16-18% in H9C2 cardiomy...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Cai Y,Hong HQ,Zhao L,Cai YP,Qin Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 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

abstract：:A new irreversible esterification method for carboxylic acids catalyzed by a lipase from Candida antarctica (Novozyme 435) in organic solvents has been developed. The water produced during the process is chemically destroyed by a corresponding ester of acetoacetate, which acts as a sacrificial substrate in this reacti...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jeromin GE,Zoor A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt stress is considered one of the main abiotic factors to limit crop growth and productivity by affecting morpho-physiological and biochemical processes. Genetically, a number of salt tolerant Brassica varieties have been developed and introduced, but breeding of such varieties is time consuming. Therefore, current...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shah N,Anwar S,Xu J,Hou Z,Salah A,Khan S,Gong J,Shang Z,Qian L,Zhang C

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：: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：:Theabrownins (TB) are water-soluble phenolic compounds associated with the various health benefits of Pu-erh tea, a post-fermented Chinese dark tea. This work reports on the production of theabrownins from infusions of sun-dried green tea leaves using a pure culture of Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from a solid-state...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang Q,Gong J,Chisti Y,Sirisansaneeyakul S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic islet transplantation is used to treat diabetes mellitus that has minimal complications and avoids hypoglycemic shock. Conformal microencapsulation of pancreatic islets improves their function by blocking immunogenic molecules while protecting fragile islets. However, production of empty alginate capsules d...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shin S,Yoo YJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:β-Xylosidase from Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum was purified by His-trap affinity chromatography giving a specific activity of 5.15 U mg(-1). From gel-filtration chromatography, the purified enzyme was a tetramer with a total molecular mass of 245 kDa. Maximal enzyme activity using o-nitrophenyl(NP)-β-D-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shin KC,Seo MJ,Oh DK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free extracts of Streptomyces sp. DRS I converted ampicillin to cephalexin, presumably due to the activity of the enzyme, expandase. The extract was fractionated and characterized by colorimetric and chromatographic measurements coupled with disc-agar diffusion bioassay against an ampicillin-resistant, cephalexin...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Thakur D,Roy MK,Bora TC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated sequential injection analysis (SIA) system using stop-flow technique was developed to determine methanol concentration by means of the enzymatic reactions of alcohol oxidase and peroxidase. Its application as an on-line device for monitoring Pichia pastoris fermentations producing an heterologous protein ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Surribas A,Cos O,Montesinos JL,Valero F

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new strains of Escherichia coli B were engineered for the production of lactate with no detectable chiral impurity. All chiral impurities were eliminated by deleting the synthase gene (msgA) that converts dihydroxyacetone-phosphate to methylglyoxal, a precursor for both L: (+)- and D: (-)-lactate. Strain TG113 con...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Grabar TB,Zhou S,Shanmugam KT,Yomano LP,Ingram LO

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:The exploded bast, branch and stem of cotton stalk were degraded by alkalophilic Bacillus NT-19, with weight losses of 24%, 20% and 14%, respectively, after 14 d. Compared with a white-rot fungus (Phanerochaete chrysosporium), Bacillus NT- 19 preferentially degraded the non-cellulose components of cotton stem. The rel...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zheng L,Han X,Du Y

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding Schwanniomyces occidentalis alpha-amylase (AMY) was introduced into the chromosomal delta sequences of an industrial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To obtain a strain suitable for commercial use, an delta-integrative cassette devoid of bacterial DNA sequences was constructed that contains the AM...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kang NY,Park JN,Chin JE,Lee HB,Im SY,Bai S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonium is a substrate of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) process but it has been suggested as a substrate-inhibitor because of the action of its unionized form, free ammonia. High pH of the medium is also an important limiting factor of the Anammox bacteria. Both effects are difficult to discriminate. In ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Puyol D,Carvajal-Arroyo JM,Li GB,Dougless A,Fuentes-Velasco M,Sierra-Alvarez R,Field JA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We proposed a novel combined gene therapy of human vascular endothelial growth factor 165 gene (hVEGF165) and human bone morphogenetic protein 2 gene (hBMP2) for bone regeneration by lentivirus-mediated co-transfection of both genes into rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). Both genes were success...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jiang J,Fan CY,Zeng BF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A carboxylesterase gene from thermophilic bacterium, Alicyclobacillus tengchongensis, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The gene coded for a 513 amino acid protein with a calculated molecular mass of 57.82 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence had structural features highly conserved among serine...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Xie Z,Xu B,Ding J,Liu L,Zhang X,Li J,Huang Z

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the mechanisms underlying the impact of recombinant Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV)-mediated BmK IT expression on the function of baculovirus GP64 envelope fusion protein and progeny virus production. RESULTS:Viral propagation assay indicated that overexpression G...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fu Y,Miao Y,Zheng S,Du J,Liang A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (rHuIL-1ra) was produced in E. coli as an inclusion body. rHuIL-1ra was purified to Over 98% purity by anion exchange chromatography after on-column refolding. The optimized processes produced more than 2 g pure refolded rHuIL-1ra per 1 l culture, corresponding to a ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tan H,Dan G,Gong H,Cao L

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant laccase from Thermus thermophilus was applied to the biobleaching of wheat straw pulp. The best bleaching effect was when the pulp was treated with 3 U laccase g(-1) dry pulp at 90°C, pH 4.5, 8% consistency for 1.5 h. Under these conditions, the pulp brightness was increased by 3.3% ISO, and the pulp k...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zheng Z,Li H,Li L,Shao W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To prepare (R)-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol ((R)-PED) with high enantiomeric excess (ee p) and yield from racemic styrene oxide (rac-SO) at high concentration by bi-enzymatic catalysis. RESULTS:The bi-enzymatic catalysis was designed for enantioconvergent hydrolysis of rac-SO by a pair of novel epoxide hydrolases ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang R,Hu D,Zong X,Li J,Ding L,Wu M,Li J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation of the phenolic hydroxyl group of the phenyl propanoid systems, eugenol 1 and curcumin 2, using an amyloglucosidase from Rhizopus and a beta-glucosidase from sweet almonds together with carbohydrates (D-glucose 3, D-mannose 4, maltose 5, sucrose 6 and D-mannitol 7) in di-isopropyl ether produced glycosid...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Vijayakumar GR,Divakar S

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of tetrapyrroles. Its current production is expensive. We have developed a low-cost medium for Propionibacterium acidipropionici to produce extracellular ALA. When grown at 35 °C on a medium containing 3 % (w/v) food-grade sodium lactate supplemented w...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sonhom R,Thepsithar C,Jongsareejit B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide, Ala-Pro-Ala-Arg (APAR), was selected from the screening of a tetrapeptide combinatorial synthetic library as the ligand for affinity purification of an anti-Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) monoclonal antibody (Mab) developed in mouse ascitis. The affinity chromatographic matrix o...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Camperi SA,Iannucci NB,Albanesi GJ,Oggero Eberhardt M,Etcheverrigaray M,Messeguer A,Albericio F,Cascone O

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alginate lyase gene, algA, encoding a new poly β-D-mannuronate (polyM)-specific alginate lyase AlgA, was cloned from Pseudomonas sp. E03. The recombinant AlgA with (His)6-tag, consisting of 364 amino acids (40.4 kDa),was purified using Ni-NTA Sepharose. The purified lyase had maximal activity (222 EU/mg) at pH 8 an...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhu BW,Huang LS,Tan HD,Qin YQ,Du YG,Yin H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00