Rapid induction of the triterpenoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll protoplasts.

abstract：:Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) hydrolyzes organophosphorus esters. We constructed the yeast-displayed OPH using Flo1p anchor system. In this system, the N-terminal region of the protein was fused to Flo1p and the fusion protein was displayed on the cell surface. Hydrolytic reactions with paraoxon were carried out du...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fukuda T,Tsuchiyama K,Makishima H,Takayama K,Mulchandani A,Kuroda K,Ueda M,Suye S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Serratia sp. showed intracellular electron-transparent inclusion bodies when incubated in the presence of citrate and glycerol 2-phosphate without nitrogen source following pre-growth under carbon-limitation in continuous culture. About 1.3 mmol citrate were consumed per 450 mg biomass, giving a calculated...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lugg H,Sammons RL,Marquis PM,Hewitt CJ,Yong P,Paterson-Beedle M,Redwood MD,Stamboulis A,Kashani M,Jenkins M,Macaskie LE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial consortia obtained from soil samples of gasoline-polluted sites were individually enriched with pentane, hexane, isooctane and toluene. Cometabolism with methyl tert-butyl ether, (MTBE), gave maximum degradation rates of 49, 12, 32 and 0 mg g(-1)protein h(-1), respectively. MTBE was fully degraded even when ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Morales M,Velázquez E,Jan J,Revah S,González U,Razo-Flores E

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：: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：:A prospective clinical parametric study comprising women afflicted by breast cancer and otherwise healthy participants was undertaken. The mean plasmatic concentration of putative leucine amino peptidase and nucleoside diphosphate phosphotransferase enzymatic complex in breast cancer cases was significantly elevated [...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Pulido-Cejudo G,Miranda H,El Abdaimi K,Wang C,Kar B,Medina Acevedo J,Cárdenas JM,Sarti Gutiérrez E,Pérez Palacios G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Batch fermentation by Streptomyces pristinaespiralis with the addition of adsorbent resins was used to increase the production of pristinamycin. In consideration of the adsorption capacity and the desorption ability, a polymeric resin, JD-1, was finally selected. The maximum production of pristinamycin in Erlenmeyer f...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jia B,Jin ZH,Lei YL,Mei LH,Li NH

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the aerotolerance of Lactobacillus rhamnosus hsryfm 1301 and its influencing factors. RESULTS:The growth rate of L. rhamnosus hsryfm 1301 weakened noticeably when the concentration of supplemented H2O2 reached 1 mM, and only 2% of all L. rhamnosus hsryfm 1301 cells survived in MRS broth supple...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang C,Lu J,Yang D,Chen X,Huang Y,Gu R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The astaxanthin biosynthesis gene cluster in Paracoccus haeundaensis consists of six genes: crtW, crtZ, crtY, crtI, crtB, and crtE contain 726, 486, 1158, 1503, 912, and 879 base pairs, respectively. Individual carotenoid biosynthesis genes of P. haeundaensis have now been expressed in E. coli and each gene product ha...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee JH,Kim YT

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

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：:A recombinant allophycocyanin (rAPC), used for treatment of tumors, has been expressed in E. coli which was grown in glucose fed-batch culture in a 30 l fermentor. Recombinant allophycocyanin was purified from soluble E. coli cell lysate using hydrophobic interaction chromatography followed by chromatography using amy...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ge B,Tang Z,Lin L,Ren Y,Yang Y,Qin S

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Leymus chinensis is an important grassland perennial grass. However, its drought tolerance requires to be improved. LEA (late embryogenesis abundant) genes are believed to confer resistance to drought and water deficiency. Using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, a wheat LEA gene, TaLEA(3), was integrated into L. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang L,Li X,Chen S,Liu G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphotactin-XCL1 is a chemokine produced mainly by activated CD8+ T-cells and directs migration of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells. We expressed human lymphotactin (LTN) by the lactic-acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis. Biological activity of LTN was confirmed by chemo-attraction of human T-cel...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zavala-Flores LM,Villatoro-Hernandez J,Gamez-Escobedo A,Franco-Molina M,Rangel-Colmenero BR,Villanueva-Olivo A,Gutierrez-Puente Y,de Oca-Luna RM,Valdés-Flores J,Saucedo-Cardenas O

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Aspergillus strains to utilize thin stillage to produce malic acid was compared. The highest malic acid was produced by Aspergillus niger ATCC 9142 at 17 g l(-1). Biomass production from thin stillage was similar with all strains but ATCC 10577 was the highest at 19 g l(-1). The highest malic acid yield...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： West TP

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a rapid, dual-parameter, plate-based screening process to improve production and secretion rate of glucose oxidase simultaneously in Aspergillus niger. RESULTS:A morphology engineering based on CaCO3 was implemented, where the yield of GOD by A. niger was increased by up to 50%. Analysis of extra...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhu X,Sun J,Chu J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A maltose-inducible expression vector in Bacillus subtilis has been developed and characterized. The vector permitted beta-galactosidase expression at a high level (maximum activity, 8.16 U/ml) when induced and its expression was markedly repressed by glucose. Using this vector, we successfully expressed the other two...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ming-Ming Y,Wei-Wei Z,Xi-Feng Z,Pei-Lin C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichodesmium sp., isolated from the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, was cultured in artificial seawater media containing a range of Fe concentration. Fe additions stimulated growth, N2 fixation, cellular chlorophyll a content, light-saturated chlorophyll a-specific gross photosynthetic capacity (Pmchl a) and the dark resp...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fu FX,Bell PR

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brown-rot fungus, Fomitopsis pinicola, degraded polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in quartz sand but not in liquid culture. From gel permeation chromatography analysis, the high-molecular-weight fraction of PVA was decreased by the action of F. pinicola but the coloration of the culture filtrate with I2 solution increased. Th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tsujiyama S,Okada A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate oligosaccharide (AOS) was reported to possess antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities, but the specific effects and mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated the effects of AOS on H2O2-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and the associated mech...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhao J,Han Y,Wang Z,Zhang R,Wang G,Mao Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-Acetylserine (thiol) lyase (OASTL, EC 2.5.1.47) catalyzes the final step in cysteine biosynthesis. The soybean GmOASTL4 gene was overexpressed in tobacco. Transgenic plants showed markedly increased accumulation of transcripts and higher cysteine content compared with the wild-type. Upon exposure to cadmium stress, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ning H,Zhang C,Yao Y,Yu D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for the preparation of carrier-free insoluble enzymes are reviewed. The technology of cross-linked enzyme aggregates has now been applied to a range of synthetically useful activities. Fusion proteins are also gaining momentum because they allow a relatively selective aggregation or even a specific self-assemb...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Roessl U,Nahálka J,Nidetzky B

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-threo-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylserine (DOPS) is a chiral unnatural beta-hydroxy amino acid used for the treatment of Parkinson disease. We developed a continuous bioconversion system for DOPS production that uses whole-cell biocatalyst of recombinant Escherichia coli expressing L-threonine aldolase (L-TA) genes cloned fro...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Baik SH,Yoshioka H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the synergistic antibacterial activity of violacein and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) against ATCC bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and two bacteria isolated from bovine mastitis. METHODS:Violacein from Chromobacterium violaceum and biogenic AgNPs from Fusarium oxysporum were eval...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Nakazato G,Gonçalves MC,da Silva das Neves M,Kobayashi RKT,Brocchi M,Durán N

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hybridoma cell line, HB-8696, produces a monoclonal antibody, 520C9 (mouse IgG(1)) that recognizes the breast cancer oncoprotein, c-erbB2. The effect of perfusion rate (volume of fresh feed/working volume of reactor/day) on cell growth and mAb production was investigated but perfusion at a constant rate and at an ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sen S,Roychoudhury PK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability (half-life, t(½)) of the large catalase (CAT) isolated from Aspergillus terreus was decreased under acidic conditions (maximum t(½) approximately 8.5 months at pH ≤ 6) versus alkaline conditions (t(½) approximately 15 months at pH 8-12). Acidic conditions induce the dissociation of haem from CAT, as reve...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Vatsyayan P,Goswami P

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:beta-Galactosidase isolated from Aspergillus oryzae was immobilized in lens-shaped polyvinylalcohol capsules (with activity 25 U g(-1)) giving 32% of its original activity. Immobilization did not change the pH optimum (4.5) of lactose hydrolysis. The relative enzyme activity during product inhibition testing was, in a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Grosová Z,Rosenberg M,Rebros M,Sipocz M,Sedlácková B

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To display a recombinant avidin fused to the autotransporter ShdA to bind biotinylated molecules on the surface of Escherichia coli. RESULTS:Two chimeric protein constructs containing avidin fused to the autotransporter ShdA were expressed on the surface of Escherichia coli DH5α. One fusion protein containe...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Pardavé-Alejandre HD,Alvarado-Yaah JE,Pompa-Mera EN,Muñoz-Medina JE,Sárquiz-Martínez B,Santacruz-Tinoco CE,Manning-Cela RG,Ortíz-Navarrete V,López-Macías C,González-Bonilla CR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00