Tag: biocatalysis

A new Microbial Biotechnology editorial shows how engineered microbes and enzymes are being deployed against fungal disease, diabetes, plastic waste ...

Researchers in Taiwan have engineered E. coli transaminases to biosynthesize chain-elongated unnatural amino acids one carbon at a time, reaching ...

Researchers have characterized enzymes that form allene and alkyne motifs in natural products by demethylating prenyl groups in a single ...

Researchers isolated a salt-tolerant Bacillus strain from Yuncheng Salt Lake and used UV mutagenesis to nearly triple its lipase activity, ...

A new review details how metal-organic framework composites can immobilize xylanase to boost its stability, reusability, and performance across juice ...

Researchers have developed a solvent-free enzymatic process that converts fusel oil, an underused bioethanol byproduct, into levulinate esters suitable as ...

Researchers have identified a conserved sequence motif that enables many natural enzymes to use noncanonical redox cofactors, expanding the known ...

Brazilian researchers grew lipase enzymes from Aspergillus niger on cottonseed and wheat bran and immobilized them on a porous polymer, ...

Researchers cloned a Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipase, entrapped it in calcium-alginate beads, and converted waste cooking oil into biodiesel with a ...

The field of biocatalysis has undergone significant advancements in recent years, particularly with the exploration of iron (Fe) enzymes that ...