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：:Two partial amphiploid lines, B113 (32 plants) and B21 (13 plants), derived from a wheat-Psathyrostachys huashanica intergeneric cross were characterized by Giemsa C-banding and SDS-PAGE and evaluated for stripe rust resistance. All 15 partial amphiploid plants were aneuploids with either 50 (8 plants), 51 (6 plants) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang Y,Xie Q,Yu K,Poysa V,Lin L,Kang H,Fan X,Sha L,Zhang H,Zhou Y

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel cancer/testis antigen gene, NY-SAR-35, is expressed exclusively in normal testis and in various histological types of tumor. However, the NY-SAR-35 gene expression is observed to be aberrant in several cancer cell lines and tissues. The analysis of methylation status of the NY-SAR-35 gene promoter in various...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Park JH,Song MH,Lee CH,Lee MK,Park YM,Old L,Lee SY

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prepared ATP photosynthetic vesicles from inside-out membranes of Escherichia coli cells that express delta-rhodopsin (a novel light-driven H(+) transporter) and TF(0)F(1)-ATP synthase (a thermo-stable ATP synthase). These vesicles showed light-dependent ATP synthesis. Furthermore, coupling the ATP photosynthetic v...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hara KY,Suzuki R,Suzuki T,Yoshida M,Kino K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical purification of the glycoprotein equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) from serum includes pH fractionation with metaphosphoric acid, two ethanol precipitation steps as well as dialysis followed by fixed-bed chromatography. A simplified process requiring only 1/3 of the solvent and improving the yield from 53 ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Müller C,Wagner K,Frankenfeld K,Franzreb M

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:Deacetoxy/deacetylcephalosporin C synthase (acDAOC/DACS) from Acremonium chrysogenum is a bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes both the ring-expansion of penicillin N to deacetoxycephalosporin C and the hydroxylation of the latter to deacetylcephalosporin C. The R308 residue located in close proximity to the C-terminus ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu XB,Tian XY,Ji JJ,Wu WB,Fan KQ,Yang KQ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth and sporulation of Verticillium lecanii on inert and organic carriers (sugar-cane bagasse, corncob, rice straw, polyurethane foam and activated carbon) in a solid-state fermentation process was studied. Sugar-cane bagasse and polyurethane foam produced 10(10) spores g(-1) dry carrier whereas corncob, rice straw...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Xu X,Yu Y,Shi Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many enzymes used as digestive aids exhibit, at best, moderate stability when incubated under gastrointestinal conditions. A supplemental β-galactosidase administered orally to treat lactose intolerance was conjugated to 40 kDa, branched polyethylene glycol (PEG). PEGylation increased the enzyme's relative activity at...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Turner KM,Pasut G,Veronese FM,Boyce A,Walsh G

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shuttle vector pGYC4α (6,157 bp) was constructed based on the sigma-replicon plasmid pYC2 from Lactobacillus sakei BM5 isolated from kimchi. The vector contained inserts of the ColE1 replicon, α-amylase gene from Bacillus licheniformis containing its own signal peptide, and lactococcal promoter P32. Transformation...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang EJ,Chang HC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By combining gene design and heterologous over-expression of Rhodotorula gracilis D-amino acid oxidase (RgDAO) in Pichia pastoris, enzyme production was enhanced by one order of magnitude compared to literature benchmarks, giving 350 kUnits/l of fed-batch bioreactor culture with a productivity of 3.1 kUnits/l h. P. pa...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Abad S,Nahalka J,Winkler M,Bergler G,Speight R,Glieder A,Nidetzky B

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of lignocellulose with pressurised hot water is an efficient method of bioethanol production. However, the resultant solution inhibits ethanol fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here, we first report that glycolaldehyde, which is formed when lignocellulose is treated with pressurised hot water, inhi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jayakody LN,Hayashi N,Kitagaki H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces is an attractive host for heterologous protein secretion. To further optimize its expression capacity, better expression vectors will be helpful. Here, based on pSGL1, a high copy number plasmid present in Streptomyces globisporus C-1027, we constructed a series of novel E. coli-Streptomyces shuttle expre...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhu Y,Wang L,Du Y,Wang S,Yu T,Hong B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability (half-life, t(½)) of the large catalase (CAT) isolated from Aspergillus terreus was decreased under acidic conditions (maximum t(½) approximately 8.5 months at pH ≤ 6) versus alkaline conditions (t(½) approximately 15 months at pH 8-12). Acidic conditions induce the dissociation of haem from CAT, as reve...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Vatsyayan P,Goswami P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phanerochaete chrysoporium morphology and manganese peroxidase (MnP) productivity was characterised in a scalable, modularised 1145 cm(3) membrane gradostat reactor in response to switching between an enhanced production medium and a nutrient limited feed (50% C and N reduction). Irrespective of the feed composition u...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Govender S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:To increase the bioproduction of L-phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC), a precursor molecule in the synthesis of the decongestants ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and which suffers from substrate, product, and by-product inhibition, by ensuring that the delivery of the substrate, benzaldehyde, is maintained within...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Khan TR,Daugulis AJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive and convenient "visible SYPRO" staining protocol was developed for visualizing proteins after SDS-PAGE. Gels were sensitized with SYPRO Ruby and then stained with the Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250 protocol (Blue Silver). This combined protocol had similar or better linearity than staining with only SYPRO ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang Y,Wang J,Bu D,Zhang L,Li S,Zhou L,Wei H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:Thymidine is an important precursor in antiviral drugs. We have enhanced thymidine production in E. coli by eliminating the repressors in the transcription of the gene coding for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase. The operon for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CarAB) in the thymidine biosynthesis regulator...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Koo BS,Hyun HH,Kim SY,Kim CH,Lee HC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different strains of Micrococcus luteus, isolated from high-altitude Argentinean wetlands, were recently reported to harbour the linear plasmids pLMA1, pLMH5 and pLMV7, all of which with 5'-covalently attached terminal proteins. The link between pLMA1 and the host's erythromycin resistance as well as further presumpti...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wagenknecht M,Dib JR,Thürmer A,Daniel R,Farías ME,Meinhardt F

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa KS-1 was expressed constitutively as an extracellular protein in Escherichia coli with high specific activity of 3.7 kU/mg. It was purified fourfold as a 33 kDa monomeric protein by Q-Sepharose ion exchange chromatography with a recovery of 95%. It is a serine protease with optim...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sharma R,Gupta R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation has significantly negative effect on cell survival rate (P < 0.01) and positive effect on astaxanthin accumulation (P < 0.01) of Haematococcus pluvialis. H. pluvialis accumulated 3.2 mg/g of astaxanthin when being exposed to 5 W/m(2) of UV-B for 60 min prior to 72 h of high light treatme...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu Z,Chen G,Chong S,Mak NK,Chen F,Jiang Y

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal process for the polysialylation reaction was as follows: polysialicacid (PSA) was activated by periodate oxidation, then coupled to CuZn superoxide dismutase (SOD) with a PSA:SOD molar ratio of 40:1 for 24 h. The resulting polysialylated protein contained 3.9 ± 0.3 mol PSA per mol SOD. SDS-PAGE and atomic ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu JR,Lin Y,Zheng ZY,Lin CC,Zhan XB,Shen YQ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA) profiling is a first important step in elucidating miRNA functions. Real time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and microarray hybridization approaches as well as ultra high throughput sequencing of miRNAs (small RNA-seq) are popular and widely used profiling methods. All of these profiling approaches face s...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Meyer SU,Pfaffl MW,Ulbrich SE

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Most animal cell culture media can be buffered using bicarbonate and high pressure CO(2) in a closed system. However, in an open system, the pH of the culture media increases continuously due to the marked difference in CO(2) pressure between the culture media and the atmosphere. Therefore, it is important to measure ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jang J,Moon SJ,Hong SH,Kim IH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ma-pyrG was cloned from Monascus aurantiacus AS3.4384 using degenerate PCR with primers designed with an algorithm called CODEHOP, and its complete sequence was obtained by a PCR-based strategy for screening a Monascus fosmid library. Ma-pyrG encodes orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase (OMPdecase), a 283-aminoacid pr...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang BH,Xu Y,Li YP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some recombinant proteins expressed by baculovirus expression vector systems (BEVS) aggregate because the BEVS can produce large amounts of protein late during infection, when post-translational modification and protein quality control mechanisms are inactive. For expression during earlier stages than that driven by t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ishiyama S,Ikeda M

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:A recombinant baculovirus was constructed to simultaneously express codon-optimized virus-like particles (VLP), A VP1-2A-VP3 and VP0 of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), from individual promoters. The target proteins were expressed in insect cells at high level, as shown by indirect sandwich ELISA; and t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Cao Y,Sun P,Fu Y,Bai X,Tian F,Liu X,Lu Z,Liu Z

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dielectric barrier discharge plasma was used to generate a stable strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae (designated to as Kp-M2) with improved 1,3-propanediol production. The specific activities of glycerol dehydrogenase, glycerol dehydratase and 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase in the crude cell extract increased from 0.11, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Dong XY,Xiu ZL,Li S,Hou YM,Zhang DJ,Ren CS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motif analysis of PGa4 indicated that eight consecutive guanine residues were most important for pyrroloquinoline quinine glucose dehydrogenase (PQQGDH) recognition. Because the truncated mutants minimized unexpected interactions between PGa4 and the target-binding aptamer, they will now facilitate the construction of...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Abe K,Sode K,Ikebukuro K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of biodiesel by transesterification employing acid or base catalyst has been industrially accepted for its high conversion and reaction rates. Downstream processing costs and environmental problems associated with biodiesel production and byproducts recovery have led to the search for alternative produc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Bisen PS,Sanodiya BS,Thakur GS,Baghel RK,Prasad GB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine soja is a species of soybean that survives in adverse environments including high salt and drought conditions. We constructed a cDNA library from G. soja seedlings treated with NaCl and isolated a glutathione S-transferase gene (GsGST: GQ265911) from the library. The cDNA encoding GsGST contains an open readin...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ji W,Zhu Y,Li Y,Yang L,Zhao X,Cai H,Bai X

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipase of Pseudomonas cepacia was immobilized onto electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers and used for the conversion of (S)-glycidol with vinyl n-butyrate to glycidyl n-butyrate in isooctane. The rate of reaction with the adsorbed lipase was 23-fold higher than the initial material. After 10 recyclings, the i...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sakai S,Liu Y,Yamaguchi T,Watanabe R,Kawabe M,Kawakami K

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Hybrids between Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus brevis were generated via protoplast fusion. Growth kinetics of five hybrid strains and E. coli were used to evaluate the butanol tolerance of the novel strains under different conditions. The hybrid strains tolerated up to 2% (v/v) butanol compared to the 1% (v/v) ma...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Winkler J,Rehmann M,Kao KC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial desulfurization is potentially an alternative process to chemical desulfurization of fossil fuels and their refined products. The dibenzothiophene desulfurizing system of Rhodococcus erythropolis includes DszD which is an NADH-dependent FMN oxidoreductase with 192 residues that is responsible for supplying r...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kamali N,Tavallaie M,Bambai B,Karkhane AA,Miri M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant coagulation factor VII (FVII) is used as a potential therapeutic intervention in hemophilia patients who produce antibodies against the coagulation factors. Mammalian cell lines provide low levels of expression, however, the Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 cell line and baculovirus expression system are powerful...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Masroori N,Halabian R,Mohammadipour M,Roushandeh AM,Rouhbakhsh M,Najafabadi AJ,Fathabad ME,Salimi M,Shokrgozar MA,Roudkenar MH

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) hydrolyzes organophosphorus esters. We constructed the yeast-displayed OPH using Flo1p anchor system. In this system, the N-terminal region of the protein was fused to Flo1p and the fusion protein was displayed on the cell surface. Hydrolytic reactions with paraoxon were carried out du...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fukuda T,Tsuchiyama K,Makishima H,Takayama K,Mulchandani A,Kuroda K,Ueda M,Suye S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00