Use of the cysteine-repressible HpMET3 promoter as a novel tool to regulate gene expression in Hansenula polymorpha.

abstract：:A gene encoding a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor was cloned in to E. coli from Streptomyces ambofaciens producing spiramycin, a macrolide antibiotic used in both veterinary medicine and human medicine. A 714-bp intact receptor gene (saaR) was obtained by PCR and genomic Southern hybridization with the 100-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choi SU,Kim MK,Ha HS,Hwang YI

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcycle conidiation is a survival mechanism of fungi encountering unfavorable conditions. In this phenomenon, asexual spores germinate secondary spores directly without formation of mycelium. As Penicillium camemberti conidia have the ability to produce conidiophores after germination in liquid culture induced by a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Boualem K,Gervais P,Cavin JF,Waché Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To improve the production of α-ketoglutaric acid (α-KG) from L-glutamate by whole-cell biocatalysis. RESULTS:A novel and highly active L-glutamate oxidase, SmlGOX, from Streptomyces mobaraensis was overexpressed and purified. The recombinant SmlGOX was approx. 64 kDa by SDS-PAGE. SmlGOX had a maximal activi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu Q,Ma X,Cheng H,Xu N,Liu J,Ma Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel epoxide hydrolase (EHase) from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading bacteria was identified and characterized. EHase activity was identified in four strains of PAH-degrading bacteria isolated from commercial gasoline and oil-contaminated sediment based on their growth on styrene oxide and its deriva...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Woo JH,Kwon TH,Kim JT,Kim CG,Lee EY

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three biological activities of 12 soy isoflavones were investigated in terms of the structure-activity relationship. Seven molecular descriptors and one absorption predictor were significantly related to the inhibition of cytochrome P4501 activity in HepG2 cells by soy isoflavones, yielding water solubility [correlati...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chun HS,Chang HJ,Choi EH,Kim HJ,Ku KH

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An index [kv: average isolation rate of viable protoplast (number/ml min)] was established to evaluate the optimal conditions for protoplast isolation from cultured plant cells. The optimal conditions for protoplasts isolation from Nicotiana tabacum BY2 cultured cells could be determined on the basis of the kv [31.7 x...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Aoyagi H

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：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：: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 polysaccharide from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb, Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Reichb. f., was isolated, purified and characterized. It induced the proliferation of human umbilical vascular endothelial cells and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor up to 156% and 147% of control after 72 h, re...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang C,Sun J,Luo Y,Xue W,Diao H,Dong L,Chen J,Zhang J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes involved in the biosynthetic pathway of ectoine (2-methyl-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid) from Bacillus halodurans were cloned as an operon and expressed in E. coli. Analysis of the deduced ectoine biosynthesis cluster amino acid sequence revealed that the ectoine operon contain 2,389 bp, enc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Anbu Rajan L,Joseph TC,Thampuran N,James R,Ashok Kumar K,Viswanathan C,Bansal KC

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and fluxomics are powerful omics-technologies that play a major role in today's research. For each of these techniques good sample quality is crucial. Major factors contributing to the quality of a sample is the actual sampling procedure itself and the way the sample is stored dir...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： van Eijsden RG,Stassen C,Daenen L,Van Mulders SE,Bapat PM,Siewers V,Goossens KV,Nielsen J,Delvaux FR,Van Hummelen P,Devreese B,Willaert RG

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To improve the potential value of feather, which is a valuable protein resource, we have separated and identified antioxidant peptide(s) from feather hydrolysate. RESULTS:Feather hydrolysate was prepared by fermentation with Bacillus subtilis S1-4. Antioxidative peptides were separated by sequential acid pr...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wan MY,Dong G,Yang BQ,Feng H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol, added as a de-emulsifier to separate oil and biocatalyst (or bacterial cells) from a three-phase (oil/biocatalyst/aqueous phase) emulsion, formed in diesel biodesulfurization employing Gordonia nitida, improved oil recovery by centrifugation from about 50% in its absence to almost 100% at 3% (v/v). The biocat...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choi OK,Choi KS,Ryu HW,Chang YK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the article is to establish a quick enrichment and detection method using immunomagnetic beads and flow cytometry to analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood. RESULTS:After incubation with CD326-PE and CD45-APC antibodies, more than 60% MCF7 cells in M-Buffer could be det...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hu L,Chen X,Chen M,Fang J,Nie J,Dai H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental ability among embryos produced by three different techniques were examined: there were no significant differences in the developmental rate in porcine embryos produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and first generation of somatic cell nucleus transfer (SCNT), but the developmental rate dropped shar...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huang Y,Xie W,Yao C,Han Y,Tan G,Zhou Y,Zhu J,Pang D,Li Z,Tang X

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fed-batch cultivation of Azotobacter vinelandii 21was optimized for biosurfactant production. Optimization of feed-rate time profile and concentration of nutrient medium components in feeding solution is based on a hybrid mathematical model consisting of mass-balance equations for biomass, biosurfactant, volume of cul...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Levisauskas D,Galvanauskas V,Zunda G,Grigiskis S

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Using the optimal concentrations of octanoic acid (0.75 mM) and ethyl mercaptan (2 mM), as the most effective sulfur donor, Pseudomonas reptilivora produced 74 microg lipoic acid per dry cell weight at pH 7.5 and 30 degrees C in a fermenter over 9 h. The dry cell weight was 13.9 g l(-1). ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ji JH,Yu IS,Kim HJ,Oh DK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:16,17-Epoxysterol plays an important role in pharmaceutical steroid synthesis. To investigate the potential application of cytochrome P450 for epoxysterol synthesis, an approach to the epoxidation of 16,17-epoxysterol, based on directed evolution of cytochrome P450 BM-3, was developed. This comprised random gene mutag...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jiang D,Tu R,Bai P,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Dodecanol (1% v/v) and dodecanoic acid (1% w/v) inhibited growth of Yarrowia lipolytica in complex media supplemented with glucose but dodecanedioic acid (1% w/v) was not toxic. Dodecanol-tolerant strains were prepared from the wild type strain H222 as well as the acyl-CoA oxidase deleted (deltaPOX2, POX3, POX5) strai...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Smit MS,Mokgoro MM,Setati E,Nicaud JM

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Fusion expression is a common practice for recombinant protein production. Some fusion tags confer solubility on the target protein whereas others provide affinity handles that facilitate purification. However, the tag usually needs to be removed from the final product, which involves using expensive proteases or haza...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Y

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the role of miR-124a in LPS-induced septic cardiac insufficiency where underlying mechanism is unclear. RESULTS:Expression of miR-124a was decreased in myocardium of LPS-induced septic cardiac dysfunction model. miR-124a antagomiR or agomiR were injected via tail vein to induce miR-124a-dysregulat...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Diao X,Sun S

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：: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：: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