Search results for enzymatic hydrolysis

Biotechnology Mar 27, 2024

Rice husk can be used as a promising sustainable packaging material

Rice husk, the hard-protective layer that envelopes the inner grain of rice, constitutes approximately 20%–25% of the entire rice structure and produces a considerable amount of by-products. In a study published in the ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 6, 2024

Uncovering the cyclization mechanism of cyclic β-1,2-glucan synthase

The polysaccharide β-1,2-glucan consists of repeating units of glucose linked together by β-1,2-glycosidic bonds. Cyclic β-1,2-glucans (CβGs) occur in different bacterial species and have a role in bacterial infections ...

Biotechnology Feb 1, 2024

Using agricultural residues for fuel and chemicals

A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist is part of a research team shedding new light on how to access the sugars locked up in plant materials in order to convert byproducts into new feedstocks for production ...

Biotechnology Jan 15, 2024

Obtaining hydrogen from vine shoots for biofuel production

A research team from the universities of Jaén and São Paulo in Brazil has confirmed that hydrogen can be obtained from vine shoots through a process that does not require fossil fuels and does not emit pollutants. With ...

Molecular & Computational biology Sep 8, 2023

Why S-linked glycosylation cannot adequately mimic the role of natural O-glycosylation

Protein glycosylation is one of the most important post-translational modifications that can be exploited to improve various aspects of therapeutic proteins and industrial enzymes. Different types of glycosylation have a ...

Analytical Chemistry Aug 30, 2023

Influence of residual aluminum hydrolyzed species on activated sludge properties in industrial wastewater pre-treatment

Given that previous studies have neglected the potential mechanism of the difference in aluminum content affecting the activated sludge system, a research team from Wuhan University of Technology has investigated the morphology ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 25, 2023

Study reveals role of β-glucosidase in oligosaccharide metabolism of Clostridium thermocellum

Agricultural and forestry waste biomass is a renewable lignocellulosic resource. The cellulosome-producing strain Clostridium thermocellum (C. thermocellum), an efficient cellulose-degrading bacterium, is a promising component ...

Cell & Microbiology Aug 22, 2023

Tailored enzymes open new possibilities for improving the smell of fish protein powders

Biotechnology offers the opportunity for seafood producers to better exploit their byproducts. By using tailored enzymes, Biotechnologists at NORCE have improved a protein powder made from fish byproducts.

Cell & Microbiology Mar 30, 2023

How Polycomb repressive deubiquitinase specifically removes H2AK119 ubiquitination on nucleosome

Chinese scientists reported the first high-resolution cryo-EM structure of human Polycomb repressive deubiquitinase (PR-DUB) complex bound to the chromatosome particle with mono-ubiquitinated H2AK119 (H2AK119ub1), revealing ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 9, 2023

Unwinding the world's smallest biological rotary motor by degrees

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the energy currency of cells. It powers various cellular processes that require energy, including enzymatic reactions. ATP is synthesized with the help of an enzyme complex called F-type ATP ...

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