Microbial exopolysaccharide: Sources, stress conditions, properties and application in food and environment: A comprehensive review

S Prasad, SR Purohit - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial glucan or exopolysaccharides (EPS) have caught an eye of researchers from
decades. The unique characteristics of EPS make it suitable for various food and …

Rcs signal transduction system in Escherichia coli: composition, related functions, regulatory mechanism, and applications

Z Li, Y Zhu, W Zhang, W Mu - Microbiological Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The regulator of capsule synthesis (Rcs) system, an atypical two-component system
prevalent in numerous gram-negative bacteria, serves as a sophisticated regulatory …

Colanic Acid: Biosynthetic Overproduction by Engineering Escherichia coli and Physical Property Characterization

J Qiao, Y Zhan, X Tan, Y Liu, X Hu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colanic acid has promising applications in food, cosmetic, and healthcare fields. In this
study, a recombinant WQM003/pRAU was constructed by deleting genes lon and hns and …

2′-Fucosyllactose production in engineered Escherichia coli with deletion of waaF and wcaJ and overexpression of FucT2

JW Lee, S Kwak, JJ Liu, EJ Yun, YS Jin - Journal of Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
Fucosyllactose (2′-FL), a major oligosaccharide of human breast milk, and is currently
supplemented into infant formula. For the overproduction of 2′-FL via fucosylation of …

E. coli aggregation and impaired cell division after terahertz irradiation

S Peltek, I Meshcheryakova, E Kiseleva… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In this study we demonstrated that exposure of Escherichia coli (E. coli) to terahertz (THz)
radiation resulted in a change in the activities of the tdcABCDEFGR and matA–F genes …

Combinatorial metabolic engineering and enzymatic catalysis enable efficient production of colanic acid

S Li, X Xu, X Lv, Y Liu, J Li, G Du, L Liu - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Colanic acid can promote the lifespan of humans by regulating mitochondrial homeostasis,
and it has widespread applications in the field of health. However, colanic acid is produced …

Increased Production of Colanic Acid by an Engineered Escherichia coli Strain, Mediated by Genetic and Environmental Perturbations

EJ Yun, Y Cho, NR Han, IJ Kim, YS Jin… - Applied Biochemistry and …, 2021 - Springer
Colanic acid (CA) is a major exopolysaccharide synthesized by Escherichia coli that serves
as a constituent of biofilm matrices. CA demonstrates potential applications in the food …

Development of colorimetric whole-cell biosensor for detection of heavy metals in environment for public health

Y Kim, H Choi, WH Shin, JM Oh, SM Koo, Y Kim… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Heavy metals cause various fetal diseases in humans. Heavy metals from factory
wastewater can contaminate drinking water, fish, and crops. Inductively coupled plasma …

Regulating Cardiolipin Biosynthesis for Efficient Production of Colanic Acid in Escherichia coli

J Wu, M Huang, Y Zhan, M Liu, X Hu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Colanic acid has broad application prospects in the food and healthcare market due to its
excellent physical properties and biological activities. In this study, we discovered that …

Production of colanic acid hydrolysate and its use in the production of fucosylated oligosaccharides by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

NR Han, S Yu, EJ Yun, YS Jin, KH Kim - Process Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Fucose is a rare sugar obtained from fucoidan in brown algae. However, fucoidan contains
low amounts of fucose, making the process of obtaining fucose inefficient and expensive …