Bacterial tyrosinases: old enzymes with new relevance to biotechnology

M Fairhead, L Thöny-Meyer - New biotechnology, 2012 - Elsevier
Tyrosinases are copper-containing dioxygen activating enzymes found in many species of
bacteria and are usually associated with melanin production. These proteins have a strong …

Synergy of melanin and vitamin-D may play a fundamental role in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections and halt COVID-19 by inactivating furin protease

K Paria, D Paul, T Chowdhury, S Pyne… - Translational medicine …, 2020 - Springer
Since the birth of Christ, in these 2019 years, the man on earth has never experienced a
survival challenge from any acellular protist compared to SARS-CoV-2. No specific drugs yet …

Analysis of Genes Involved in Arsenic Resistance in Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032

E Ordóñez, M Letek, N Valbuena, JA Gil… - Applied and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Corynebacterium glutamicum is able to grow in media containing up to 12 mM arsenite and
500 mM arsenate and is one of the most arsenic-resistant microorganisms described to date …

Optimization of melanin production by Brevundimonas sp. SGJ using response surface methodology

SN Surwase, SB Jadhav, SS Phugare, JP Jadhav - 3 Biotech, 2013 - Springer
Melanins are predominantly indolic polymers which are extensively synthesized in animals,
plants and microorganisms. It has wide applications in cosmetics, agriculture and medicine …

Characterization and Use of Catabolite-Repressed Promoters from Gluconate Genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum

M Letek, N Valbuena, A Ramos, E Ordónez… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genes involved in gluconate catabolism (gntP and gntK) in Corynebacterium
glutamicum are scattered in the chromosome, and no regulatory genes are apparently …

Industrial Microorganisms: Corynebacterium glutamicum

J Becker, C Wittmann - Industrial biotechnology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of Corynebacterium glutamicum during a search initiative for glutamate‐
producing microorganisms in the 1950s initiated a new era of biotechnology–amino acid …

Promoters and Plasmid Vectors of Corynebacterium glutamicum

M Pátek, J Nešvera - Corynebacterium glutamicum: biology and …, 2012 - Springer
The promoters and plasmids of Corynebacterium glutamicum can be viewed as subjects for
genetic examination, tools for studies of gene expression, and a means for the improvement …

Finding New Enzymes from Bacterial Physiology: A Successful Approach Illustrated by the Detection of Novel Oxidases in Marinomonas mediterranea

A Sanchez-Amat, F Solano, P Lucas-Elío - Marine drugs, 2010 - mdpi.com
The identification and study of marine microorganisms with unique physiological traits can
be a very powerful tool discovering novel enzymes of possible biotechnological interest …

Involvement of DivIVA in the morphology of the rod-shaped actinomycete Brevibacterium lactofermentum

A Ramos, MP Honrubia, N Valbuena… - …, 2003 - microbiologyresearch.org
In Brevibacterium lactofermentum, as in many Gram-positive bacteria, a divIVA gene is
located downstream from the dcw cluster of cell-division-and cell-wall-related genes. This …

Gene expression systems in corynebacteria

P Srivastava, JK Deb - Protein expression and purification, 2005 - Elsevier
Corynebacterium belongs to a group of gram-positive bacteria having moderate to high G+
C content, the other members being Mycobacterium, Nocardia, and Rhodococcus …