RiSLnet: Rapid identification of smart mutant libraries using protein structure network. Application to thermal stability enhancement.

abstract：:Phosphite dehydrogenase represents a new enzymatic system for regenerating reduced nicotinamide cofactors for industrial biocatalysis. We previously engineered a variant of phosphite dehydrogenase with relaxed cofactor specificity and significantly increased activity and stability. Here we performed one round of rando...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： McLachlan MJ,Johannes TW,Zhao H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of meta- and para-nitrobenzoic acid in an industrial wastestream by Comamonas sp. JS46 and Comamonas sp. JS47 is investigated. The most important feature of the wastestream is the constantly changing concentration ratio of the two isomers. The most extreme occurrence is considered here: the complete chan...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Goodall JL,Thomas SM,Spain JC,Peretti SW

更新日期：1998-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An immobilized enzyme (pancreatic ribonuclease bound to porous titania) was investigated for the degradation of purified yeast ribonucleic acid as a substrate. The immobilized enzyme is active and stable in the pH range 4--8. Dependence of enzymatic activity on ionic strength, pH, temperature, fluid flow rate, and sub...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dale BE,White DH

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosorption of elements is a little understood phenomenon exhibited by some types of even nonliving microbial biomass. A common fungus Rhizopus arrhizus has been reported to take up uranium from aqueous solutions to the extent of 180 mg U(6+)/g. The mechanism of uranium sequestering by this type of biomass was studied...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tsezos M,Volesky B

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pure culture of Pseudomonas fluorescens was used as a model system to study the kinetics of denitrification. An exponentially growing culture was harvested and resuspended in an anoxic acetate solution buffered with K/Na phosphate at pH values of 6.6, 7.0, 7.4, and 7.8. The temperature was kept at 28 degrees C in al...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Almeida JS,Reis MA,Carrondo MJ

更新日期：1995-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical damage of animal cells in suspension culture, due to stirring and sparging, is coupled with complex metabolic responses. Nylon microcapsules, therefore, were used as a physical model to study the mechanisms of damage in a stirred bioreactor and in a bubble column. Microcapsule breaskage folowed first-order ki...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lu GZ,Gray MR,Thompson BG

更新日期：1992-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In regenerative medicine, computer models describing bioreactor processes can assist in designing optimal process conditions leading to robust and economically viable products. In this study, we started from a (3D) mechanistic model describing the growth of neotissue, comprised of cells, and extracellular matrix, in a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mehrian M,Guyot Y,Papantoniou I,Olofsson S,Sonnaert M,Misener R,Geris L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein partitioning in aqueous two-phase systems based on phase-forming polymers is strongly affected by the net charge of the protein, but a thermodynamic description of the charge effects has been hindered by conflicting results. Many of the difficulties could be because of problems in isolating electrochemical eff...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fan W,Bakir U,Glatz CE

更新日期：1998-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Propionic acid (PA) and its salts are widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. Microbial production of PA by propionibacteria is a typical product-inhibited process, and acid resistance is crucial in the improvement of PA titers and productivity. We previously identified two key acid resistanc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Guan N,Li J,Shin HD,Du G,Chen J,Liu L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method is developed to analyze the kinetics of thermal inactivation of enzymes that exhibit a nonlinear biphasic log(activity)-time relationship. Thermal destruction experiments on alcohol dehydrogenase from baker's yeast demonstrate the applicability of the method. The method is based on physical consideratio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nath S

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous high-value proteins are secreted into the Escherichia coli periplasm by the General Secretory (Sec) pathway, but Sec-based production chassis cannot handle many potential target proteins. The Tat pathway offers a promising alternative because it transports fully folded proteins; however, yields have been too ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Browning DF,Richards KL,Peswani AR,Roobol J,Busby SJW,Robinson C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel reaction system was developed to maximize the catalytic efficiency of chloroperoxidase (CPO, from Caldariomyces fumago) toward the oxidation of hydrocarbons. The reaction system consisted of an organic/aqueous emulsion comprising pure substrate and aqueous buffer supplemented with the surfactant dioctyl sulfos...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Park JB,Clark DS

更新日期：2006-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:On-line NAD(P)H fluorescence and culture redox potential (CRP) measurements were utilized to investigate the role of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) in perturbing oxygen metabolism of microaerobic Escherichia coli Batch cultures of a VHb-synthesizing E. coli strain and the iso-genic control under fully aerated condition...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tsai PS,Rao G,Bailey JE

更新日期：1995-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In the process of producing ethanol from lignocellulosic materials such as wheat straw, compounds that can act inhibitory to enzymatic hydrolysis and to cellular growth may be generated during the pretreatment. Ethanol production was evaluated on pretreated wheat straw hydrolysate using four different recombinant Sacc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Panagiotou G,Olsson L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal of the specific growth rate was obtained with simple mathematical model in a yeast fed-batch cultures. The model was based on the mass balance around the fed-batch system and the relationship between the specific growth rate, mu, and the specific production rate of glutathione, rho(G). The optimal profile ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Shimizu H,Araki K,Shioya S,Suga K

更新日期：1991-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of ATP produced during n-alkane, fatty acid, or acetate metabolism in Candida tropicalis has been established from the P/O ratios measured on isolated mitochondria, yield on substrate and carbon balance. For these three kinds of substrates YATP value has been found to be close to 4, although Ysub on acetate...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gallo M,Azoulay E

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentivirus-derived vectors (LVs) were studied for the generation of stable recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines. Stable pools and clones expressing the enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) were selected via fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). For comparison, cell pools and cell lines were al...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Oberbek A,Matasci M,Hacker DL,Wurm FM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light-responsive bioconjugates are synthesized by a two-step protocol calling first for cotelomerization (chain-transfer polymerization) of N-isopropylacrylamide and N-acryloxysuccinimide. The desired bioligand (biotin) is used in modified form as chain-transfer agent in this step. As a consequence, 100% of the produc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Desponds A,Freitag R

更新日期：2005-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly branched mutants of two strains of Aspergillus oryzae (IFO4177, which produces alpha-amylase, and a transformant of IFO4177 [AMG#13], which produces heterologous glucoamylase in addition to alpha-amylase) were generated by UV or nitrous acid mutagenesis. Four mutants of the parental strain (IFO4177), which were...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bocking SP,Wiebe MG,Robson GD,Hansen K,Christiansen LH,Trinci AP

更新日期：1999-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous biotechnological production processes are based on the submerse cultivation of filamentous fungi. Process design, however, is often hampered by the complex growth pattern of these organisms. In the morphologic development of coagulating filamentous fungi, like Aspergillus niger, conidial aggregation is the fi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lin PJ,Grimm LH,Wulkow M,Hempel DC,Krull R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrifying bacteria, cyanobacteria, and algae are important microorganisms in open pond wastewater treatment systems. Nitrification involving the sequential oxidation of ammonia to nitrite and nitrate, mainly due to autotrophic nitrifying bacteria, is essential to biological nitrogen removal in wastewater and global n...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Choi O,Das A,Yu CP,Hu Z

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The human monoclonal antibody (humAb) 2F5 is a potent candidate for immunotherapy of HIV-1. The xenohybridoma derived humAb 2F5 is of IgG3 kappa isotype. Generally, IgG1 isotype has a longer half-life (beta-clearance) in humans than IgG3. Therefore the isotype was switched to an IgG1 by ligation of the 2F5 heavy chain...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kunert R,Steinfellner W,Purtscher M,Assadian A,Katinger H

更新日期：2000-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly designed batch calorimeter was used to investigate the degradability of some celluloses having varying degrees of crystallinity. The PTC of an aerobic culture of Cellulomonas uda ATCC 21399 obtained revealed a diauxic growth which is attributed to the presence of hemicellulose contaminating Avicel and MN300 ce...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dermoun Z,Belaich JP

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a kinetic model that describes a heterogeneous reaction system for the production of D-p-hydroxyphenylglycine from D,L-p-hydroxyphenyl-hydantoin using D-hydantoinase of Bacillus stearothermophilus SD1 and N-carbamoylase of Agrobacterium tumefaciens NRRL B11291. As a biocatalyst, whole cells with separatel...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Park JH,Oh KH,Lee DC,Kim HS

更新日期：2002-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing the throughput and efficiency of cell culture process development has become increasingly important to rapidly screen and optimize cell culture media and process parameters. This study describes the application of a miniaturized bioreactor system as a scaled-down model for cell culture process development u...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chen A,Chitta R,Chang D,Amanullah A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regenerating damaged tissue interfaces remains a significant clinical challenge, requiring recapitulation of the structure, composition, and function of the native enthesis. In the ligament-to-bone interface, this region transitions from ligament to fibrocartilage, to calcified cartilage and then to bone. This gradati...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Harris E,Liu Y,Cunniffe G,Morrissey D,Carroll S,Mulhall K,Kelly DJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to capture cell-free DNA from the gastrointestinal tract, in a minimally invasive manner, could enhance our ability to diagnose gastrointestinal disease, or gain a better understanding of the spatial mapping of the intestinal microbiota. We, therefore, sought to identify a class of capture agents that coul...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hilmer AJ,Jeffrey RB,Park WG,Khosla C

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study reports on the development of a bioreactor for the production of alpha-keto acids from D,L- or D-amino acids using Rhodotorula gracilis D-amino acid oxidase. D-amino acid oxidase was co-immobilized with catalase on Affi-Gel 10 matrix, and the reactor was operated as a continuous-stirred tank reactor (CSTR) o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Butò S,Pollegioni L,D'Angiuro L,Pilone MS

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic mixtures of predominant lignocellulosic hexose sugars were supplemented with separate aliquots of three inhibitory compounds (furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and acetic acid) in a series of concentrations and fermented by the spent sulfite liquor (SSL)-adapted yeast strain Tembec T1 and the natural is...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Keating JD,Panganiban C,Mansfield SD

更新日期：2006-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole cell pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) from Candida utilis enhanced the enzymatic production of (R)-phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC) in an aqueous/octanol biotransformation compared to the partially purified PDC especially for a lower range of initial activities (0.3-2.5 U/mL). With an initial activity of 1.1 U/mL and at a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Satianegara G,Rogers PL,Rosche B

更新日期：2006-08-20 00:00:00