The area of biocatalysis itself is in rapid development, fueled by both an enhanced
repertoire of protein engineering tools and an increasing list of solved problems …

Commensal and pathogenic microorganisms must resist the deleterious actions of bile in
order to survive in the human gastrointestinal tract. Herein we review the current knowledge …

Probiotics are defined as “living microorganisms, which upon ingestion in certain numbers
exert health benefits on the host beyond inherent basic nutrition”(43). Various studies have …

From reviews to the first edtion:" Bornscheuer and Kazlauskas have set out, and succeeded,
in producing a definitive manual on hydrolytic enzymes (especially lipases, esterases, and …

Although Escherichia coli has long been recognized as the best-understood living organism,
little was known about its abilities to use aromatic compounds as sole carbon and energy …

ABSTRACT A bile salt hydrolase (BSH) was isolated from Bifidobacterium longum SBT2928,
purified, and characterized. Furthermore, we describe for the first time cloning and analysis …

Bioactive N-acylethanolamines, including anandamide (an endocannabinoid) and N-
palmitoylethanolamine (an anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective substance), are …

The Ntn-hydrolases (N-terminal nucleophile) are a superfamily of diverse enzymes that has
recently been characterized. All of the proteins in this family are activated autocatalytically; …

Listeria monocytogenes must resist the deleterious actions of bile in order to infect and
subsequently colonize the human gastrointestinal tract. The molecular mechanisms used by …

This review describes the most recent developments in the biotechnological applications of
penicillin acylases. This group of enzymes is involved mainly in the industrial production of 6 …