Enzymes found in nature have been exploited in industry due to their inherent catalytic
properties in complex chemical processes under mild experimental and environmental …

Organophosphate compounds (OPs) have been employed in the agricultural industry as
pesticides and insecticides for several decades. Many of the methods used currently for the …

In this study, nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid-modified viruslike mesoporous silica nanoparticles
(Ni-NTA-VMSN) were fabricated by a facile method for the first time. The Ni2+ ions on the …

The bacterial phosphotriesterases catalyze hydrolysis of the pesticide paraoxon with very
fast turnover rates and are thought to be near to their evolutionary limit for this activity. To test …

Background The depletion of fossil fuels and the rising need to meet global energy demands
have led to a growing interest in microbial biofuel synthesis, particularly in Escherichia coli …

Protein engineering has for decades been a powerful tool in biotechnology for generating
vast numbers of useful enzymes for industrial applications. Today, protein engineering has a …

Metal ion-dependent, organophosphate-degrading enzymes have acquired increasing
attention due to their ability to degrade and thus detoxify commonly used pesticides and …

The organophosphorus-based OPs) nerve agents and pesticides have been applied in the
agriculture industry for a long time. However, they were found to have a persistent effect on …

The organophosphate-degrading enzyme from Agrobacterium radiobacter (OpdA) is a
highly efficient catalyst for the degradation of pesticides and some nerve agents such as …

The anti-tumor effect of aconitine in melanoma cell line B16 has been studied in this paper.
We found that B16 cells showed significantly reduced growth rates and increased apoptotic …