Magnetic micro-macro biocatalysts applied to industrial bioprocesses

J Del Arco, AR Alcántara, R Fernández-Lafuente… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of magnetic biocatalysts is highly beneficial in bioprocesses technology, as it allows
their easy recovering and enhances biocatalyst lifetime. Thus, it simplifies operational …

New trends in the biocatalytic production of nucleosidic active pharmaceutical ingredients using 2′-deoxyribosyltransferases

J Del Arco, J Acosta, J Fernández-Lucas - Biotechnology Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, pharmaceutical industry demands competitive and eco-friendly processes for
active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) manufacturing. In this context, enzyme and whole …

Structural and functional characterization of thermostable biocatalysts for the synthesis of 6-aminopurine nucleoside-5′-monophospate analogues

J Del Arco, E Pérez, H Naitow, Y Matsuura… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present work describes the functional and structural characterization of adenine
phosphoribosyltransferase 2 from Thermus thermophilus HB8 (TtAPRT2). The combination …

Enzymatic Synthesis of Therapeutic Nucleosides using a Highly Versatile Purine Nucleoside 2'‐DeoxyribosylTransferase from Trypanosoma brucei

E Pérez, PA Sánchez‐Murcia, J Jordaan… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The use of enzymes for the synthesis of nucleoside analogues offers several advantages
over multistep chemical methods, including chemo‐, regio‐and stereoselectivity as well as …

Magnetic multi-enzymatic system for cladribine manufacturing

G Cruz, LP Saiz, M Bilal, L Eltoukhy, C Loderer… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Enzyme-mediated processes have proven to be a valuable and sustainable alternative to
traditional chemical methods. In this regard, the use of multi-enzymatic systems enables the …

Purine and pyrimidine salvage pathway in thermophiles: a valuable source of biocatalysts for the industrial production of nucleic acid derivatives

J Del Arco, J Fernández-Lucas - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2018 - Springer
Due to their similarity to natural counterparts, nucleic acid derivatives (nucleobases,
nucleosides, and nucleotides, among others) are interesting molecules for pharmaceutical …

Immobilized biocatalysts

P Grunwald - Catalysts, 2018 - mdpi.com
An application-related definition for immobilized enzymes was given by Chibata in 1978 [1]:
they are “enzymes physically confined or localized in a certain defined region of space with …

Hypoxanthine-Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase/adenylate Kinase From Zobellia galactanivorans: A Bifunctional Catalyst for the Synthesis of Nucleoside-5 …

J Acosta, J Del Arco, ML Del Pozo… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In our search for novel biocatalysts for the synthesis of nucleic acid derivatives, we found a
good candidate in a putative dual-domain hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase …

Taylor-made production of pyrimidine nucleoside-5′-monophosphate analogues by highly stabilized mutant uracil phosphoribosyltransferase from Toxoplasma …

J Acosta, K Nguyen, RC Spitale… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, enzymatic synthesis of nucleotides is an efficient and sustainable alternative to
chemical methodologies. In this regard, after the biochemical characterization of wild-type …

Biotechnological production of non-volatile flavor compounds

BN Paulino, A Sales, L de Oliveira Felipe… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent advances in bioproduction of non-volatile flavor compounds are
presented.•Umami-tasting and kokumi-tasting substances can be produced through …