RCO-3 and COL-26 form an external-to-internal module that regulates the dual-affinity glucose transport system in Neurospora crassa.

abstract：Background:l-Fucose is a rare sugar with potential uses in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. The enzymatic approach using l-fucose isomerase, which interconverts l-fucose and l-fuculose, can be an efficient way of producing l-fucose for industrial applications. Here, we performed biochemical and struct...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Kim IJ,Kim DH,Nam KH,Kim KH

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) is a critical cofactor involved in many biochemical reactions. However, the low fermentation titer of SAM in methionine-free medium hampers commercial-scale production. The SAM synthesis pathway is specially related to the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in Bacillus amyloliquefacien...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ruan L,Li L,Zou D,Jiang C,Wen Z,Chen S,Deng Y,Wei X

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) is one of the technical feasible biofuel technologies. It produces jet fuel from sugary, starchy, and lignocellulosic biomass, such as sugarcane, corn grain, and switchgrass, via fermentation of sugars to ethanol or other alcohols. This study assesses the ATJ biofuel production pathway f...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Yao G,Staples MD,Malina R,Tyner WE

更新日期：2017-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:In the present study, three ionic liquids, namely 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMIM]Cl), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM]OAc), and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium diethyl phosphate ([EMIM]DEP), were used to partially dissolve rice husk, after which the cellulose were regenerated...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Ang TN,Ngoh GC,Chua AS,Lee MG

更新日期：2012-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Microalgae, due to its well-recognized advantages have gained renewed interest as potentially good feedstock for biodiesel. Production of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) as a type of biodiesel was carried out from Chlorella vulgaris bio-oil. Biodiesel was produced in the presence of nano-biocatalysts compos...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Nematian T,Shakeri A,Salehi Z,Saboury AA

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:l-Histidine biosynthesis is embedded in an intertwined metabolic network which renders microbial overproduction of this amino acid challenging. This is reflected in the few available examples of histidine producers in literature. Since knowledge about the metabolic interplay is limited, we systematically per...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Schwentner A,Feith A,Münch E,Stiefelmaier J,Lauer I,Favilli L,Massner C,Öhrlein J,Grund B,Hüser A,Takors R,Blombach B

更新日期：2019-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) can simultaneously produce bioelectrochemical hydrogen and treat wastewater, they consume considerable energy to overcome the unfavorable thermodynamics, which is not sustainable and economically feasible in practical applications. This study presents a proof-of-conc...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Yuan H,Lu Y,Abu-Reesh IM,He Z

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Furfural is the prevalent microbial inhibitor generated during pretreatment and hydrolysis of lignocellulose biomass to monomeric sugars, but the response of acetone butanol ethanol (ABE) producing Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 to this compound at the molecular level is unknown. To discern the effect o...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Zhang Y,Ezeji TC

更新日期：2013-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, the development of a cost-effective long-term renewable energy infrastructure is one of the most challenging problems faced by society today. Microalgae are rich in potential biofuel substrates such as lipids, including triacylglycerols (TAGs). Some of these algae also biosynthesize small molecule ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Sivakumar G,Jeong K,Lay JO Jr

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellulose amorphogenesis, described as the non-hydrolytic "opening up" or disruption of a cellulosic substrate, is becoming increasingly recognized as one of the key steps in the enzymatic deconstruction of cellulosic biomass when used as a feedstock for fuels and chemicals production. Although this process ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Gourlay K,Arantes V,Saddler JN

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To increase the production of bioethanol, a two-step process based on hydrothermal and dilute alkaline treatment was applied to reduce the natural resistance of biomass. However, the process required a large amount of water and a long operation time due to the solid/liquid separation before the alkaline trea...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Sun S,Zhang L,Liu F,Fan X,Sun RC

更新日期：2018-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In the enzymatic conversion of biomass, it becomes an important issue to efficiently and cost-effectively degrade cellulose into fermentable glucose. β-Glucosidase (Bgluc), an essential member of cellulases, plays a critical role in cellulosic biomass degradation. The difficulty in improving the stability of...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Zhou Y,Li X,Yan D,Addai Peprah F,Ji X,Fletcher EE,Wang Y,Wang Y,Gu J,Lin F,Shi H

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cyanobacteria are potential sources for third generation biofuels. Their capacity for biofuel production has been widely improved using metabolically engineered strains. In this study, we employed metabolic engineering design with target genes involved in selected processes including the fatty acid synthesis...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Eungrasamee K,Miao R,Incharoensakdi A,Lindblad P,Jantaro S

更新日期：2019-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although lignin peroxidase is claimed as a key enzyme in enzyme-catalyzed lignin degradation, in vitro enzymatic degradation of lignin was not easily observed in lab-scale experiments. It implies that other factors may hinder the enzymatic degradation of lignin. Irreversible interaction between phenolic comp...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Pham LT,Kim SJ,Kim YH

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and lavandin (a sterile hybrid of L. angustifolia × L. latifolia) essential oils are among those most commonly used in the world for various industrial purposes, including perfumes, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. The solid residues from aromatic plant distillation such as la...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Lesage-Meessen L,Bou M,Ginies C,Chevret D,Navarro D,Drula E,Bonnin E,Del Río JC,Odinot E,Bisotto A,Berrin JG,Sigoillot JC,Faulds CB,Lomascolo A

更新日期：2018-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microbial synthesis of oleochemicals derived from native fatty acid (FA) metabolism has presented significant advances in recent years. Even so, native FA biosynthetic pathways often provide a narrow variety of usually linear hydrocarbons, thus yielding end products with limited structural diversity. To over...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Menendez-Bravo S,Roulet J,Sabatini M,Comba S,Dunn R,Gramajo H,Arabolaza A

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Plant biomass is an abundant but underused feedstock for bioenergy production due to its complex and variable composition, which resists breakdown into fermentable sugars. These feedstocks, however, are routinely degraded by many uncommercialized microbes such as anaerobic gut fungi. These gut fungi express ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Hooker CA,Hillman ET,Overton JC,Ortiz-Velez A,Schacht M,Hunnicutt A,Mosier NS,Solomon KV

更新日期：2018-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Microalgal biomass harvesting using traditional chemicals is costly for the production of biofuels, hindering the scale-up process of the technology. Thus, the search for a cost-effective microalgal harvesting method is extremely important. Using chitosan as a natural flocculant to harvest microalgal biomass...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Zhu L,Li Z,Hiltunen E

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low cost of raw materials and good process yields are necessary for future lignocellulosic biomass biorefineries to be sustainable and profitable. A low cost feedstock will be diverse, changing as a function of seasonality and price and will most likely be available from multiple sources to the biorefinery. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Vera RM,Bura R,Gustafson R

更新日期：2015-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Understanding the extracellular electron transport pathways in cyanobacteria is a major factor towards developing biophotovoltaics. Stressing cyanobacteria cells environmentally and then probing changes in physiology or metabolism following a significant change in electron transfer rates is a common approach...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Okedi TI,Fisher AC,Yunus K

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Development of biofuels is considered as one of the important ways to replace conventional fossil energy and mitigate climate change. However, rapid increase of biofuel production could cause other environmental concerns in China such as water stress. This study is intended to evaluate the life-cycle water f...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Xie X,Zhang T,Wang L,Huang Z

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decomposition of biomass for biogas production can be practiced under wet and dry fermentation conditions. In contrast to the dry fermentation technology, wet fermentation is characterized by a high liquid content and a relatively low total solid content. In this study, the composition and functional potenti...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Stolze Y,Zakrzewski M,Maus I,Eikmeyer F,Jaenicke S,Rottmann N,Siebner C,Pühler A,Schlüter A

更新日期：2015-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cyanobacteria can be metabolically engineered to convert CO2 to fuels and chemicals such as ethylene. A major challenge in such efforts is to optimize carbon fixation and partition towards target molecules. Results:The efe gene encoding an ethylene-forming enzyme was introduced into a strain of the cyanobac...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Durall C,Lindberg P,Yu J,Lindblad P

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:D-2,3-butanediol has many industrial applications such as chiral reagents, solvents, anti-freeze agents, and low freezing point fuels. Traditional D-2,3-butanediol producing microorganisms, such as Klebsiella pneumonia and K. xoytoca, are pathogenic and not capable of producing D-2,3-butanediol at high optic...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Qi G,Kang Y,Li L,Xiao A,Zhang S,Wen Z,Xu D,Chen S

更新日期：2014-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：: A range of lignocellulosic feedstocks (including agricultural, softwood and hardwood substrates) were pretreated with either sulfur dioxide-catalyzed steam or an ethanol organosolv procedure to try to establish a reliable assessment of the factors governing the minimum protein loading that could be used to achieve ef...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Arantes V,Saddler JN

更新日期：2011-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Icariside D2 is a plant-derived natural glycoside with pharmacological activities of inhibiting angiotensin-converting enzyme and killing leukemia cancer cells. Production of icariside D2 by plant extraction and chemical synthesis is inefficient and environmentally unfriendly. Microbial cell factory offers a...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu X,Li L,Liu J,Qiao J,Zhao GR

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cellulolytic enzymes produced by Trichoderma reesei are widely used for the industrial production of biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulose. We speculated that intracellular pH during the fermentation process can affect cellulase induction. Results:In this study, two H+-ATPase genes, tre76238 and tre787...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu P,Zhang G,Chen Y,Zhao J,Wang W,Wei D

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microalgae accumulate a considerable amount of lipids and carbohydrate under nutrient-deficient conditions, which makes them one of the promising sustainable resources for biofuel production. In the present study, to obtain the biomass with higher lipid and carbohydrate contents, we implemented a short-term ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Chokshi K,Pancha I,Ghosh A,Mishra S

更新日期：2017-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coordination of synthesis and assembly of the polymeric components of cell walls is essential for plant growth and development. Given the degree of co-mingling and cross-linking among cell wall components, cellulose organization must be dependent on the organization of other polymers such as lignin. Here we ...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu J,Kim JI,Cusumano JC,Chapple C,Venugopalan N,Fischetti RF,Makowski L

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) is a promising process for bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass. High glucan loading for hydrolysis and fermentation is an efficient approach to reduce the capital costs for bio-based products production. The SSF of steam-exploded corn stover (SECS) fo...

journal_title：Biotechnology for biofuels

authors： Liu ZH,Qin L,Zhu JQ,Li BZ,Yuan YJ

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00