On the (un) greenness of biocatalysis: Some challenging figures and some promising options

P Domínguez de María, F Hollmann - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Biocatalysis is generally regarded as a “green” technology. This statement is justified by the
mild reaction conditions, the use of aqueous reaction media—with water as the paradigm of …

Environmental enrichment reverses histone methylation changes in the aged hippocampus and restores age-related memory deficits

SJ Morse, AA Butler, RL Davis, IJ Soller, FD Lubin - Biology, 2015 - mdpi.com
A decline in long-term memory (LTM) formation is a common feature of the normal aging
process, which corresponds with abnormal expression of memory-related genes in the aged …

Structural organization of enzymes of the phenylacetate catabolic hybrid pathway

AM Grishin, M Cygler - Biology, 2015 - mdpi.com
Aromatic compounds are the second most abundant class of molecules on the earth and
frequent environmental pollutants. They are difficult to metabolize due to an inert chemical …

Catalytic and hydrodynamic properties of styrene monooxygenases from Rhodococcus opacus 1CP are modulated by cofactor binding

A Riedel, T Heine, AH Westphal, C Conrad, P Rathsack… - AMB Express, 2015 - Springer
Styrene monooxygenases (SMOs) are flavoenzymes catalyzing the epoxidation of styrene
into styrene oxide. SMOs are composed of a monooxygenase (StyA) and a reductase (StyB) …

The dynamic influence of cells on the formation of stable emulsions in organic–aqueous biotransformations

J Collins, M Grund, C Brandenbusch… - Journal of Industrial …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Emulsion stability plays a crucial role for mass transfer and downstream processing in
organic–aqueous bioprocesses based on whole microbial cells. In this study, emulsion …

Cyclohexanone-induced stress metabolism of Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum

NR Lee, JY Yun, SM Lee, JB Park - Biotechnology and bioprocess …, 2015 - Springer
Solvent stress occurs during whole-cell biocatalysis of organic chemicals. Organic
substrates and/or products may accumulate in the cellular membranes of whole cells …

ENGINEERING OF RECOMBINANT WHOLE-CELL BIOCATALYSTS FOR GREEN AND EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF CHIRAL CHEMICALS

WU SHUKE - 2015 - scholarbank.nus.edu.sg
BIOCATALYSIS IS A GREEN AND USEFUL TOOL FOR CHEMICAL PRODUCTION,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ENANTIOPURE FINE CHEMICALS AND …

Styrene bioremediation and polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production: analytical methods development and microbial study

AGY Tan - 2015 - dr.ntu.edu.sg
Styrene is a principal waste effluent produced from polystyrene (PS) plastic-related
industries, and imposes significant environmental and public health burden. Aerobic …

Enabling the P450 complement of Beauveria bassiana and Rhodococcus jostii for biocatalysis

C Spandolf - 2015 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Enzyme discovery today is proceeding at an enormous pace due to ever-growing
technology development. As a result of this, more than 21000 cytochrome P450s have been …