Ferulic acid from plant biomass: A phytochemical with promising antiviral properties

I Antonopoulou, E Sapountzaki, U Rova… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant biomass is a magnificent renewable resource for phytochemicals that carry bioactive
properties. Ferulic acid (FA) is a hydroxycinnamic acid that is found widespread in plant cell …

High-Throughput Screening Techniques for the Selection of Thermostable Enzymes

L Li, X Liu, Y Bai, B Yao, H Luo, T Tu - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The acquisition of a thermostable enzyme is an indispensable prerequisite for its successful
implementation in industrial applications and the development of novel functionalities …

Enhancing the hydrolysis and acyl transfer activity of carboxylesterase DLFae4 by a combinational mutagenesis and in-silico method

L Li, L Ding, Y Shao, S Sun, M Wang, J Xiang, J Zhou… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the present study, a feruloyl esterase DLFae4 identified in our previous research was
modified by error-prone PCR and site-directed saturation mutation to enhance the catalytic …

The inhibitory potential of ferulic acid derivatives against the SARS-CoV-2 main protease: molecular docking, molecular dynamics, and ADMET evaluation

I Antonopoulou, E Sapountzaki, U Rova… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 is an appealing target for the development of
antiviral compounds, due to its critical role in the viral life cycle and its high conservation …

Molecular mechanism of high‐production tannase of Aspergillus carbonarius NCUF M8 after ARTP mutagenesis: revealed by RNA‐seq and molecular docking

X Dong, Y Wan, Y Chen, X Wu, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Tannase is an enzyme produced by microbial fermentation and is widely
used in the food industry; however, the molecular mechanism of tannase production by …