Antarctic sea bacterium yields enzyme that thrives in cold and extreme salt
Researchers have characterized a glycoside hydrolase from an Antarctic Halomonas bacterium that reaches peak activity in 2.5 M salt and ...
Tag: biocatalysis
From Farm Waste to Factory Catalysts: The Rise of Sustainable Biocatalysis
A new review details how agricultural residues can feed sustainable biocatalysis while identifying the technical, economic, and policy barriers that ...
Waste Wool and Graphene Oxide Combine to Supercharge an Extremophile Enzyme
Researchers at Xiamen University have built a sandwich-like biomaterial from waste wool keratin and graphene oxide that immobilizes an extremophile ...
Directed Evolution Turns a Wallpaper Fungus Enzyme into a Stable, Selective Oxidation Powerhouse
Researchers used directed evolution to convert a fragile fungal peroxygenase into the stable AckBar mutant, which secretes efficiently from yeast, ...
Engineering Microbes to Fight Disease, Plastics and Pollution
A new Microbial Biotechnology editorial shows how engineered microbes and enzymes are being deployed against fungal disease, diabetes, plastic waste ...
Engineered Transaminases Grow Unnatural Amino Acids One Carbon at a Time
Researchers in Taiwan have engineered E. coli transaminases to biosynthesize chain-elongated unnatural amino acids one carbon at a time, reaching ...
Enzymatic Prenyl Demethylation Drives Allene and Alkyne Formation in Nature
Researchers have characterized enzymes that form allene and alkyne motifs in natural products by demethylating prenyl groups in a single ...
UV-Mutated Salt Lake Bacterium Triples Lipase Output for Greener Industry
Researchers isolated a salt-tolerant Bacillus strain from Yuncheng Salt Lake and used UV mutagenesis to nearly triple its lipase activity, ...
Tiny Metal Cages Could Transform Food Industry Enzymes Into Reusable Powerhouses
A new review details how metal-organic framework composites can immobilize xylanase to boost its stability, reusability, and performance across juice ...
Enzyme Trick Turns Bioethanol Waste Oil Into High-Value Renewable Fuel Additives
Researchers have developed a solvent-free enzymatic process that converts fusel oil, an underused bioethanol byproduct, into levulinate esters suitable as ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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