Mechanism-based design of efficient PET hydrolases

R Wei, G von Haugwitz, L Pfaff, J Mican… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the most widespread synthetic polyester, having been
utilized in textile fibers and packaging materials for beverages and food, contributing …

[HTML][HTML] A field of dreams: Lignin valorization into chemicals, materials, fuels, and health-care products

J Becker, C Wittmann - Biotechnology Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignin is one of the most abundant renewable resources on earth and is readily produced as
a sidestream during biomass fractioning. So far, these large quantities of lignin have been …

Effects of microbiota-directed foods in gnotobiotic animals and undernourished children

JL Gehrig, S Venkatesh, HW Chang, MC Hibberd… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION There is a dimension to postnatal human development that involves
assembly of microbial communities in different body habitats, including the gut. Children with …

[HTML][HTML] Interspecies competition impacts targeted manipulation of human gut bacteria by fiber-derived glycans

ML Patnode, ZW Beller, ND Han, J Cheng, SL Peters… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Development of microbiota-directed foods (MDFs) that selectively increase the abundance
of beneficial human gut microbes, and their expressed functions, requires knowledge of both …

Recent advances in lignin valorization with bacterial cultures: microorganisms, metabolic pathways, and bio-products

Z Xu, P Lei, R Zhai, Z Wen, M Jin - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2019 - Springer
Lignin is the most abundant aromatic substrate on Earth and its valorization technologies
are still under developed. Depolymerization and fragmentation are the predominant …

Remediation strategies for mitigation of phthalate pollution: Challenges and future perspectives

MT Das, SS Kumar, P Ghosh, G Shah… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phthalates are a group of emerging xenobiotic compounds commonly used as plasticizers.
In recent times, there has been an increasing concern over the risk of phthalate exposure …

Predicting synthetic mRNA stability using massively parallel kinetic measurements, biophysical modeling, and machine learning

DP Cetnar, A Hossain, GE Vezeau, HM Salis - Nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract mRNA degradation is a central process that affects all gene expression levels,
though it remains challenging to predict the stability of a mRNA from its sequence, due to the …

Lignin valorization for protocatechuic acid production in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

RK Zhang, YS Tan, YZ Cui, X Xin, ZH Liu, BZ Li… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The biological valorization of lignin to aromatic compounds has attracted extensive attention
as this route actively contributes to the bioeconomy. However, the diversity of lignin-derived …

Lignin depolymerization and biotransformation to industrially important chemicals/biofuels

NL Radhika, S Sachdeva, M Kumar - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin is a potential feedstock due to its energy content and its abundant availability from
biomass based biorefinery. Among the different fractions of biomass, lignin has been under …

Biogeography of microbial bile acid transformations along the murine gut

S Marion, L Desharnais, N Studer, Y Dong… - Journal of lipid …, 2020 - ASBMB
Bile acids, which are synthesized from cholesterol by the liver, are chemically transformed
along the intestinal tract by the gut microbiota, and the products of these transformations …