Bacterial Enzyme Breakthrough Paves the Way for Greener Drugs and Food Ingredients
Researchers at ITQB NOVA have characterised the first bacterial galactose oxidase and engineered it into a biocatalyst up to 1800 ...
Tag: biocatalysis
Hot Spring Enzyme From Türkiye Survives Boiling Temperatures and Harsh Solvents
Researchers at Atatürk University have purified a heat-loving, solvent-tolerant alpha-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis isolated in Türkiye's geothermal springs, achieving 71-fold ...
Common Plant Compound Supercharges Fungal Enzyme Factory in Surprising Trade-Off
Researchers at Inner Mongolia University found that adding p-coumaric acid to cultures of the fungus Funalia trogii boosts laccase production ...
Soil Bacterium Yields a Surprisingly Powerful Enzyme for Breaking Down PET Plastic Intermediates
A carboxylesterase from Bacillus halotolerans outperforms known enzymes at converting the PET breakdown products BHET and MHET into terephthalic acid, ...
Engineered E. coli strains keep fragile nitro compounds alive for green chemistry
Researchers have engineered E. coli strains carrying up to 15 nitroreductase gene deletions that retain and biosynthesize diverse nitroaromatic compounds, ...
Bacterial Enzyme KwwB Forges Unusual Peptide Cross-Links and Shrugs Off Leader Mutations
Researchers have shown that the P450 cyptide synthase KwwB can install a non-native Tyr-C3–Trp-N1 cross-link on engineered precursor peptides and ...
Microbe Team Turns CO2 Electrolysis Waste Into Valuable Chemicals
University of Delaware researchers have designed a two-step microbial process that converts formate, acetate and ethanol from electrocatalytic CO2 reduction ...
Heat-proof sugar enzyme gets a power boost through two tiny mutations
Crystal structures of an engineered hyperthermophilic sugar dehydrogenase reveal how two mutations relieve a steric barrier and boost calcium uptake ...
Porous Resin Anchor Makes Rare Sugar Enzyme Run Hotter, Longer and Cleaner
Researchers immobilized a thermostable tagatose 4-epimerase on amino-functionalized macroporous resin, extending its thermal half-life nearly fivefold and enabling reusable continuous-flow ...
Green Solvent and Supercomputer Simulations Unlock a Stubborn Tea Enzyme
Researchers replaced toxic t-butanol with a menthol-octanoic acid deep eutectic solvent to purify tea membrane-bound polyphenol oxidase 17-fold, using molecular ...
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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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