Whole cell biocatalysts: essential workers from nature to the industry

CCCR de Carvalho - Microbial Biotechnology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Microorganisms have been exposed to a myriad of substrates and environmental conditions
throughout evolution resulting in countless metabolites and enzymatic activities. Although …

Life cycle assessment of multi-step rufinamide synthesis–from isolated reactions in batch to continuous microreactor networks

D Ott, S Borukhova, V Hessel - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Rufinamide is an antiepileptic drug to treat Lennox–Gastaut syndrome, in combination with
other medications. Rufinamide is one of the best-selling 5-membered ring heterocyclic …

An improved whole-cell biosensor for the discovery of lignin-transforming enzymes in functional metagenomic screens

JCH Ho, SV Pawar, SJ Hallam, VG Yadav - ACS synthetic biology, 2018 - ACS Publications
The discovery and utilization of biocatalysts that selectively valorize lignocellulose is critical
to the profitability of next-generation biorefineries. Here, we report the development of a …

E. coli metabolic engineering for gram scale production of a plant-based anti-inflammatory agent

MK Ahmadi, L Fang, N Moscatello, BA Pfeifer - Metabolic engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
In this report, the heterologous production of salicylate (SA) is the basis for metabolic
extension to salicylate 2-O-β-d-glucoside (SAG), a natural product implicated in plant-based …

Functional genomics for the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

K Patterson, J Yu, J Landberg, I Chang, F Shavarebi… - Metabolic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Oleaginous yeasts are valuable systems for biosustainable production of hydrocarbon-
based chemicals. Yarrowia lipolytica is one of the best characterized of these yeast with …

Bioproduction of benzylamine from renewable feedstocks via a nine‐step artificial enzyme cascade and engineered metabolic pathways

Y Zhou, S Wu, J Mao, Z Li - ChemSusChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Production of chemicals from renewable feedstocks has been an important task for
sustainable chemical industry. Although microbial fermentation has been widely employed …

Process modeling, simulation, and technoeconomic evaluation of separation solvents for the continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing (CPM) of diphenhydramine

S Diab, DI Gerogiorgis - Organic Process Research & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (CPM) has been shown to provide significant
process benefits, including cost savings and increased material efficiencies, over the …

Metagenomic discovery of a novel transaminase for valorization of monoaromatic compounds

SV Pawar, SJ Hallam, VG Yadav - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The profitability of next-generation biorefineries is acutely contingent on the discovery and
utilization of biocatalysts that can valorize lignin. To this end, the metabolic catalogues of …

Metabolomics for industrial fermentation

KR Choi, WJ Kim, SY Lee - Bioprocess and biosystems engineering, 2018 - Springer
Metabolomics is essential to understand the metabolism and identify engineering targets to
improve the performances of strains and bioprocesses. Although numerous metabolomics …

Continuous manufacturing: the future in pharmaceutical solid dosage form manufacturing

PM Desai, G Van Vaerenbergh, J Holman, CV Liew… - 2023 - cmkc.usp.org
As rising costs outpace new drug development, the pharmaceutical industry has come under
intense pressure to improve the efficiency of its manufacturing processes. Continuous …