Identification and characterization of a novel bacterial pyranose 2-oxidase from the lignocellulolytic bacterium Pantoea ananatis Sd-1.

abstract：:Rhizopus arrhizus, strain DAR 36017, produced L(+)-lactic acid in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process using starch waste effluents. Lactic acid at 19.5-44.3 g l(-1) with a yield of 0.85-0.96 g g(-1) was produced in 40 h using 20-60 g starch l(-1). Supplementation of nitrogen source may be unnecess...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jin B,Huang LP,Lant P

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase (AMV RT) is a heterodimer consisting of a 63 kDa α-subunit and a 95 kDa β subunit. Moloney murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase (MMLV RT) is a 75 kDa monomer. These two RTs are the most extensively used for conversion of RNA to DNA. We previously developed sever...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Konishi A,Yasukawa K,Inouye K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of a hyperthermophilic enzyme, alkaline phosphatase from Pyrococcus furiosus (PfuAP), with EDTA completely deactivated PfuAP, indicating that the presence of one or more divalent metal ions is essential for its catalytic activity. Subsequent addition of various divalent metal ions to the apoprotein recovered...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Minamihata K,Goto M,Kamiya N

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addresses given for the authors of this paper were incorrect. The correct assignments of the authors are given in this erratum. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li W,Chen Y,Sheng Y,Xie Z,Tang Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:δ-Integration can improve the expression stability and increase the copy number of exogenous genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Generally, δ-integration vectors employ auxotrophic markers, such as LEU2-d, HIS3, TRP1, and URA3, to screen transformants. In this study, two cellulase genes (β-glucosidase and endoglucanase...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu L,Liu C,Zou S,Yang H,Hong J,Ma Y,Zhang M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel two-step fermentation process was developed to enhance arachidonic acid (ARA) production by Mortierella alpina ME-1 in a 5 l fermentor. Agitation speed and aeration rate were adjusted from 180 to 40 rpm and from 0.6 to 1 vvm, respectively, after 5 days cultivation, to decrease physical damage to the mycelia an...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jin MJ,Huang H,Xiao AH,Zhang K,Liu X,Li S,Peng C

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study is to generate a spherical three-dimensional (3D) aggregate of hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) differentiated from human embryonic stem cells and to investigate the effect of the 3D environment on hepatic maturation and drug metabolism. RESULTS:Quantitative real-time PCR analysis indicated...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choi YJ,Kim H,Kim JW,Yoon S,Park HJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrotransformation of Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus JW200 was achieved using the plasmid, pTE16, and a pUC-based suicide vector, pTEA2. The construct pTE16 is based on the Escherichia coli-Clostridium perfringens shuttle vector pJIR715 and contains a thermostable chloramphenicol (Cm) resistance cassette. Evidence ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Peng H,Fu B,Mao Z,Shao W

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：PURPOSE OF WORK:To apply a fluorescent dye as an alternative technique to evaluate the survival of potentially probiotic lactobacilli to bile acids (BA) as first step in the design of probiotic functional foods. The use of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in the functional food design depends on their ability to survive in t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Bustos AY,Raya R,Bru E,de Valdez GF,Taranto MP

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fully contained and efficient heterologous protein production system was designed using Brassica rapa rapa (turnip) hairy roots. Two expression cassettes containing a cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter with a duplicated enhancer region, an Arabidopsis thaliana sequence encoding a signal peptide and the CaM...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huet Y,Ekouna JP,Caron A,Mezreb K,Boitel-Conti M,Guerineau F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Carica papaya lipase-catalyzed acylation of benzylcarbinols with vinyl hexanoate proceeded smoothly and enantiospecifically (E > 200), affording the R-esters and leaving the S-alcohols intact. Thus, this plant lipase proved to be a promising biocatalyst for the resolution of alcohols as well as for that of carboxy...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Miyazawa T,Houhashi M,Inoue Y,Murashima T,Yamada T

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophobin-fused domain III of dengue envelope proteins serotypes 1 and 2 were expressed in Rachiplusia nu larvae and purified by aqueous two-phase system. This biotechnological approach of hydrophobin-fused proteins, which allowed obtaining 97.7 µg/larva of fusion protein DomIII serotype 1 and 61.4 µg/larva of fusio...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Cerezo J,Targovnik AM,Smith ME,González Maglio D,Luppo VC,Morales MA,Miranda MV,Rodríguez Talou J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rho1 protein is a GTPase that participates in cell wall biogenesis. We analyzed the transcript levels of laccase genes (lccl, lcc2, lcc3, lcc4, lcc5, and lcc9), and a xylanase gene (xyl3) in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici strain 4287 (wild type) and two mutant strains; rhol::hyg that lacks a functional Rho1...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Reyes-Medina MA,Macías-Sánchez KL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a novel lipase gene, lip2, from Aspergillus niger and expressed it in Escherichia coli. Upon purification of the recombinant Lip2 protein, its properties were characterized. In comparison with a previously identified lipase Lip1, both enzymes are acid lipases (optimal pH <6.5), Ca(2+)-dependent and PMSF...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang J,Sun J,Yan Y

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-viral vector, pCMV-Pth, with full-length human parathyroid hormone (prepro-hPTH) cDNA was constructed and delivered into the ovariectomized mouse quadriceps to explore the effects of electroporational gene transfer of PTH on the bone. The expression of hPTH in the transfected mice was detected by RT-PCR and radioi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu B,Tang J,Ji J,Gu J

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of cytosine methylation in regulation of polyketide compounds biosynthesis in larvae of Strongylocentrotus intermedius. RESULTS:Treatment of S. intermedius larvae with 100 and 200 µM 5-azacytidine (5A) as a DNA demethylating agent significantly increased the amounts of spinochrome D a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tyunin AP,Ageenko NV,Kiselev KV

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To control the genetic quality during the whole process of tissue culture of the traditional Chinese medicinal plant, Saussurea involucrate Kar. et Kir., DNA polymorphisms and genetic variations were investigated using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers. The gene...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yuan XF,Dai ZH,Wang XD,Zhao B

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ion-exchange chromatography behavior of recombinant glucose dehydrogenase harboring pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQGDH) was modified to greatly simplify its purification. The surface charge of PQQGDH was engineered by either fusing a three-arginine tail to the C-terminus of PQQGDH (PQQGDH+Arg3) or by substituting th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Koh H,Igarashi S,Sode K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our current knowledge of protein unfolding is overwhelmingly related to reversible denaturation. However, to engineer thermostable enzymes for industrial applications and medical diagnostics, it is necessary to consider irreversible denaturation processes and/or the entire quaternary structure. In this study we have u...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kaneko H,Minagawa H,Shimada J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief historical perspective on metagenomics is given followed by a discussion of the rapid progress in this field largely defined by transition to the next generation sequencing technologies. Problems and challenges connected to this transition are also addressed. The review focuses on recent literature describing ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chistoserdova L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clone monoamine oxidase N, that catalyses the selective oxidative deamination or deracemisation of amines into imines, in Pichia pastoris and prove the importance of choosing the proper expression system for its recombinant production. RESULTS:Monoamine oxidase, originating from Aspergillus niger and subj...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Markošová K,Camattari A,Rosenberg M,Glieder A,Turner NJ,Rebroš M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The limiting step for biosynthesis of 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) in Klebsiella pneumoniae is the conversion of 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde (3-HPA) to 3-HP. This reaction is catalyzed by aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) with NAD(+) as a cofactor. Although NAD(+)-dependent ALDH overexpression facilitates 3-HP biosynthesis...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Y,Liu L,Tian P

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapies for high-grade gliomas (HHG) that have strong tendency of infiltration and resistance to chemotherapies are currently unavailable. Here, we report that lower-dose combination therapy of Buthus martensii Karsch (BmK) CT, a type of scorpion toxin peptide, and LiCl, clinically used as mo...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fu Y,Zheng S,Huang R,An N,Zheng Y,Zhang Z,Liang A

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The actinorhizal plant seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L., Elaeagnaceae) is a wind pollinated dioecious crop. To distinguish male genotypes from female genotypes early in the vegetative growth phase, we have developed robust PCR-based marker(s). DNA bulk samples from 20 male and 20 female plants each were screened ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Korekar G,Sharma RK,Kumar R,Meenu,Bisht NC,Srivastava RB,Ahuja PS,Stobdan T

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we constructed a genetically modified luciferase of Photinus pyralis that generates more than 10-fold higher luminescence intensity than the wild-type enzyme. In this study, we demonstrate that this modified luciferase enables us to detect ATP at 10(-18) mol, which is almost equal to the quantity contained...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Noda K,Matsuno T,Fujii H,Kogure T,Urata M,Asami Y,Kuroda A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00