Development of a robust nitrilase by fragment swapping and semi-rational design for efficient biosynthesis of pregabalin precursor.

abstract：:Metabolite accumulation has pleiotropic, toxic, or beneficial effects on cell physiology, but such effects are not well understood at the molecular level. Cells respond and adapt to metabolite stress by mechanisms largely unexplored, especially in the context of multiple and simultaneous stresses. Solventogenic and re...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Alsaker KV,Paredes C,Papoutsakis ET

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study it is reported the operation of a horizontal-flow anaerobic immobilized biomass (HAIB) reactor under sulfate-reducing condition which was also exposed to different amounts of ethanol and toluene. The system was inoculated with sludge taken from up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors treating re...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cattony EB,Chinalia FA,Ribeiro R,Zaiat M,Foresti E,Varesche MB

更新日期：2005-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is equipped with G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR). Because the yeast GPCR signaling mechanism is partly similar to that of the mammalian system, S. cerevisiae can be used for a host of mammalian GPCR expression and ligand-mediated activation assays. However, currently avail...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fukutani Y,Ishii J,Kondo A,Ozawa T,Matsunami H,Yohda M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supercritical fluid technology offers the possibility to produce dry powder formulations of biocompatible materials, overcoming the drawbacks of classical micronization processes. In this work, Supercritical Assisted Atomization (SAA) has been used to micronize alpha-cyclodextrin (alpha-CD) and hydroxypropyl-beta-cycl...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Reverchon E,Antonacci A

更新日期：2006-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A biotechnological process is described to remove hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) from high-pressure natural gas and sour gases produced in the petrochemical industry. The process operates at halo-alkaline conditions and combines an aerobic sulfide-oxidizing reactor with an anaerobic sulfate (SO(4) (2-)) and thiosulfate (S(2...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van den Bosch PL,van Beusekom OC,Buisman CJ,Janssen AJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioartificial livers (BALs) are a potentially effective countermeasure against liver failure, particularly in cases of acute or fulminant liver failure. It is hoped these devices can sustain a patient's liver function until recovery or transplant. However, no large-scale clinical trial has yet proven that BALs are par...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Davidson AJ,Ellis MJ,Chaudhuri JB

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced downstream costs, together with high purity recovery of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), will accelerate the commercialization of high quality PHA-based products. In this work, a process was designed for effective recovery of the copolymer poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) (P(HB-co-HHx)) containing high lev...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Riedel SL,Brigham CJ,Budde CF,Bader J,Rha C,Stahl U,Sinskey AJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of disposable bioreactors, air-lift disposable bioreactors (ADB) and wave disposable bioreactors (WDB) were compared with stirred-tank reactors (5-L STR). These bioreactors were successfully applied to transgenic rice cell cultures for the production of recombinant human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4-immu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kwon JY,Yang YS,Cheon SH,Nam HJ,Jin GH,Kim DI

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge for bioprocess engineering is the identification of the optimum process conditions for the production of biochemical and biopharmaceutical compounds using prokaryotic as well as eukaryotic cell factories. Shake flasks and bench-scale bioreactor systems are still the golden standard in the early stage o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Totaro D,Rothbauer M,Steiger MG,Mayr T,Wang HY,Lin YS,Sauer M,Altvater M,Ertl P,Mattanovich D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes batch and semicontinuous acetic acid fermentations for wine vinegar production carried out with Acetobacter pasteurianus, and an industrial strain using a noncommercial 100-L bubble column reactor equipped with a novel type of gas-liquid dynamic sparger. Results showed acetification rates with thi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fregapane G,Rubio-Fernandez H,Nieto J,Salvador MD

更新日期：1999-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The desired product of bioprocesses is often produced in particulate form, either as an inclusion body (IB) or as a crystal. Particle harvesting is then a crucial and attractive form of product recovery. Because the liquid phase often contains other bioparticles, such as cell debris, whole cells, particulate biocataly...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van Hee P,Hoeben MA,van der Lans RG,van der Wielen LA

更新日期：2006-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The S-System formalism provides a popular, versatile and mathematically tractable representation of metabolic pathways. At steady-state, after a logarithmic transformation, the S-System representation reduces into a system of linear equations. Thus, the maximization of a particular metabolite concentration or a flux s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Petkov SB,Maranas CD

更新日期：1997-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyophilized proteins exhibit "pH memory," i.e., their behavior in the solid form corresponds to the pH of the aqueous solution from which they were freeze dried. Herein, we directly tested whether the ionization state is "remembered" by model organic compounds containing various protein functional groups (amino, carbo...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Costantino HR,Griebenow K,Langer R,Klibanov AM

更新日期：1997-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line producing interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) exhibits a 2-fold increase in specific productivity when grown at 32 degrees C compared to 37 degrees C. Low temperature also causes growth arrest, meaning that the cell density is significantly lower at 32 degrees C, nutrients are consum...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fox SR,Patel UA,Yap MG,Wang DI

更新日期：2004-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This research investigates the effect of solids retention time (SRT) on the acid-phase anaerobic digestion of primary sludge. A series of experiments were conducted using two continuous-flow 3-L units with the following configuration: a completely mixed reactor (CMR) with clarifier and solids recycle and an upflow ana...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Elefsiniotis P,Oldham WK

更新日期：1994-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural networks are formed by accurate connectivity of neurons and glial cells in the brain. These networks employ a three-dimensional bio-surface that both assigns precise coordinates to cells during development and facilitates their connectivity and functionality throughout life. Using specific topographic and chemi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bani-Yaghoub M,Tremblay R,Voicu R,Mealing G,Monette R,Py C,Faid K,Sikorska M

更新日期：2005-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transcription is regulated by transcription factors that can bind to specific regions on DNA. Antigene oligonucleotides (oligos) can bind to specific regions on DNA and form a triplex with the double-stranded DNA. The triplex can competitively inhibit the binding of transcription factors and, as a result, transcr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cheng B,Fournier RL,Relue PA

更新日期：2000-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Zymomonas mobilis is a very important gram-negative bacterium having a potential application to simultaneous co-production of biofuel and other high value-added products through biorefinery process technology development. Up to now, pLOI193 has been used as the plasmid of choice for Z. mobilis strains. However, its ap...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dong HW,Bao J,Ryu DD,Zhong JJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, novel conductive composite nanofiber mesh possessing reactive groups was electrospun from solutions containing poly(acrylonitrile-co-acrylic acid) (PANCAA) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) for redoxase immobilization, assuming that the incorporated MWCNTs could behave as electrons transferor du...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wang ZG,Ke BB,Xu ZK

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular delivery of functional proteins is of great interest for basic biological research as well as for clinical applications. Transfection is the most commonly used method, however, it is not applicable to large-scale manipulation and inefficient in important cell types implicated in biomedical applications, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Li Z,Cai Z,Fu W,Liu Y,Tian C,Wang H,Fu T,Wu Z,Wu D,Jin Y,Cheng Z,Terada N,Liu L,Wu W,Jin S,Bai F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A kinetic model describing the cephalosporin biosynthesis in Streptomyces clavuligerus was developed. Using previously reported kinetic data of biosynthetic enzymes, we examined the kinetics of cephalosporin production. The predicted time profile of the specific production rate during a batch culture parallels that of...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Malmberg LH,Hu WS

更新日期：1991-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Using solid-phase organic synthesis, we have prepared a 432-member (18 x 8 x 3) sample library based on the AG 490 "tyrphostin" template. By utilizing 432 reactors each equipped with a unique radiofrequency memory ID tag, the 432 products could be obtained as discrete entities (i.e., not as mixtures) via 18 + 8 + 3, o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Shi S,Xiao XY,Czarnik AW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus awamori NRRL 4869 was cultured on the solid substrate, wheat bran, in a modified Rollacell apparatus to produce alpha-galactosidase and invertase. The swivel cap on the elongated bottle permits the introduction of air while the bottle rotates. Parameters of air flow rate (0.05-0.2 liter/kg/min), rpm (0.15-...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Silman RW

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) solutions (approximately 1 mg/ml, pH 7) were sheared in a coaxial cylindrical viscometer. This was fitted with a lid sealing the contents from the atmosphere and preventing evaporation. At 30 degrees C after a total of 5 hr intermittent shearing at 683 sec-1 no losses of activity were...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Thomas CR,Nienow AW,Dunnill P

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During continuous lipase-catalyzed oleic acid esterification by ethanol in n-hexane, the oleic acid conversion, initially at 95%, decreases to 20% after 2 h. This decrease is caused by the accumulation of the water produced in the course of the reaction in the packed-bed reactor (PBR). In order to improve the PBR effi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Colombié S,Tweddell RJ,Condoret JS,Marty A

更新日期：1998-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of continuous ester synthesis in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) by a recombinant cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi was investigated, using the optimal conditions previously attained by medium engineering. The objective was to analyze the MBR behavior as a differential or an integral reactor. The main com...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Carvalho CM,Aires-Barros MR,Cabral JM

更新日期：2001-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A proteinase isolated from Thermus RT41a was immobilized to controlled pore glass beads and was used in the free and immobilized forms for peptide synthesis. The observed maximum yield was the same in both cases. a number of dipeptides were produced from amino acid esters and amides. The best acyl components, from tho...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wilson SA,Daniel RM,Peek K

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a macrokinetic and quantitative microbial investigation of a continuously operating bench-scale biofilter treating styrene-polluted gases. The device was filled with a mixture of peat and glass beads as packing medium and inoculated with the styrene-oxidizing strain, Rhodococcus rhodochrous AL NCIMB 13259...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zilli M,Converti A,Di Felice R

更新日期：2003-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Pretreatment of rice straw by using renewable cholinium amino acids ionic liquids ([Ch][AA] ILs)-water mixtures and the subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis of the residues were conducted in the present work. Of the eight mixtures composed of ILs and water, most were found to be effective for rice straw pretreatment. After...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hou XD,Li N,Zong MH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) is routinely used in microbiology as a tool to check the optical density (OD) pertaining to the growth stages of microbial cultures at the single wavelength of 600 nm, better known as the OD600 . Typically, modern UV-Vis spectrophotometers can scan in the region of approximately 200-10...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chapman J,Orrell-Trigg R,Kwoon KY,Truong VK,Cozzolino D

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00