Substrate specificity and biochemical characterization of an adenylation domain from an obligate marine actinomycete.

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：OBJECTIVES:L-isoleucine dioxygenase (IDO) specifically transforms L-isoleucine (Ile) to 4-hydroxyisoleucine (4-HIL), and 4-HIL is a promising drug for diabetes. To enhance the activity and catalytic efficiency of IDO, we used directed evolution and site-specific mutagenesis. RESULTS:The IDO gene (ido) derived from Bac...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huang S,Shi F

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolipid biosurfactants produced by bacteria and yeasts provide significant opportunities to replace chemical surfactants with sustainable biologically produced alternatives in bulk commercial products such as laundry detergents and surface cleaners. Sophorolipids are already available in sufficient yield to make th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Marchant R,Banat IM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of transglutaminase II (TGase II) in hyaluronic acid (HA)-promoted melanoma cell motility was investigated. HA induced the expression of TGase II via the nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kB) in melanoma cells. HA increased the Rac1 activity and phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). Transfection by lipofect...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim Y,Park YW,Lee YS,Jeoung D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentation kinetics of Penicillium aculeatum ATCC 10409 demonstrated that fungal growth and dextranase release are decoupled. Inoculation by conidia or mycelia resulted in identical kinetics. Two new isoenzymes of the dextranase were characterized regarding their kinetic constants, pI, MW, activation energy and stab...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Erhardt FA,Stammen S,Jördening HJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new ribonuclease (RNase) with tobacco mosaic virus inhibition was isolated and purified from Bacillus cereus ZH14 through ammonium sulfate precipitation, ultrafiltration, ion-exchange chromatography of DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column, and gel chromatography of Sephacryl S-200HR column. The enzyme was purified approximatel...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhou WW,Niu TG

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Biosurfactants could potentially outperform traditional surfactants in many applications whilst being more sustainable to source, manufacture, use and dispose of. However, currently available fermentation production methods are too inefficient to manufacture biosurfactants for these high volume markets. Foaming in an ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Winterburn JB,Martin PJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop novel antibiotic peptides useful as therapeutic drugs, a number of analogues were designed to increase the hydrophobic helix region either by Trp-substitution or net positive charge increase by Lys-substitution, from HP(2-9)-ME(1-12). The antibiotic activities of these peptides were evaluated using bacteria...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Park Y,Kim HN,Park SN,Jang SH,Choi CH,Lim HT,Hahm KS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions (AVIs) appear as dark red-to-purple spheres of various sizes in vacuoles of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cell suspension culture due to their interaction with anthocyanins. AVIs were purified and the bound anthocyanins extracted and analysed by HPLC from two lines of V. vinifera isolat...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Conn S,Zhang W,Franco C

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：: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：:General methods for identification of usual carotenoids including C18-HPLC retention time and spectroscopic methods, such as absorption spectra, mass spectra, NMR spectra, are briefly summarized. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Takaichi S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Developing an effective HIV vaccine that stimulates the humoral and cellular immune responses is still challenging because of the diversity of HIV-1 virus, polymorphism of human HLA and lack of a suitable delivery system. RESULTS:Using bioinformatics tools, we designed a DNA construct encoding multiple epit...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Davoodi S,Bolhassani A,Sadat SM,Irani S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of glycerol and the oxygen transfer rate on the xylitol production rate by a xylitol dehydrogenase gene (XYL2)-disrupted mutant of Candida tropicalis were investigated. The mutant produced xylitol near the almost yield of 100% from D: -xylose using glycerol as a co-substrate for cell growth and NADPH regen...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ko BS,Rhee CH,Kim JH

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The action modes of an endocellulase, EGA, and its domains (CD9 and CBM3) during enzymatic treatment of cotton fabrics were investigated. RESULTS:EGA, CD9 and CBM3 had the binding capacity to cellulose substrates, of which the filter paper was the substrate with the strongest binding capacity. Analyses of s...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yu M,Qiu Y,Chen W,Zhao F,Shao J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant ofS. chrysomallus with a D-glucose isomerase inducible by D-glucose or its catabolites was characterized. In contrast to the wild-type strain it showed a decreased catabolite repression by D-glucose of D-xylose consumption and a constitutive pentose phosphate pathway as well. A hypothesis concerning altered i...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hänel F,Roth M,Neigenfind M,Gräfe U,Bormann EJ

更新日期：1987-12-01 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：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：: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：:The open reading frame of the Δ(6)-desaturase gene was isolated from Mortierella alpina W15 and the gene was cloned into a pPIC3.5K vector. The vector was transformed into Pichia pastoris GS115 and expression was induced with methanol. The Δ(6)-desaturase expressed in P. pastoris GS115 catalyzed the conversion of lino...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu J,Li D,Yin Y,Wang H,Li M,Yu L

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkyl glucosides were synthesized by the reaction of Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextransucrase with sucrose and various alcohols. Alkyl alpha-D-glucosides were obtained with a yield of 30% (mol/mol) with primary alcohols, but secondary alcohols or tertiary alcohols gave yields below 5%. The optimal yield was 50% using ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim YM,Kim BH,Ahn JS,Kim GE,Jin SD,Nguyen TH,Kim D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

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：: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：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：:Two isoforms of laccase produced from the culture supernatant of Pycnoporus sanguineus were partially purified by phenyl-Sepharose chromatography. Molecular masses of the enzymes were 80 kDa (Lac I) and 68 kDa (Lac II). Optimum activity of Lac I was at pH 4.8 and 30 degrees C, and Lac II was at pH 4.2 and 50 degrees C...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Garcia TA,Santiago MF,Ulhoa CJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To make the previously developed biosynthesis of L-2-aminobutyric acid (L-ABA) more suitable for the industrial-scale production. RESULTS:A recyclable biotransformation system was developed based on immobilized enzyme technology. The conversion yield of L-threonine (at 90 g l(-1)) reached 99.9 % and the theo...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Xu G,Jiang Y,Tao R,Wang S,Zeng H,Yang S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described a model to implant dissociated cells into a cylindrical, vascularized bed in vivo to promote the formation of functional cardiac muscle constructs. We now investigate the cellular organization and the ability of the constructs to generate intra-luminal pressure. Primary cardiac cells were ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Birla RK,Dhawan V,Dow DE,Huang YC,Brown DL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

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