Aquaporin‐Based Biomimetic Membranes for Low Energy Water Desalination and Separation Applications

A Azarafza, MA Islam… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of biomimetic materials developed using nature's inspiration and biological
domains can drive a paradigm shift in the design and operation of future‐generation …

Fabrication and filtration performance of aquaporin biomimetic membranes for water treatment

A Beratto-Ramos, J Dagnino-Leone… - Separation & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Desalination is considered one of the strongest alternatives to face global water scarcity.
Since conventional reverse osmosis is an energy-intensive process, Aquaporin biomimetic …

[HTML][HTML] Micropollutant removal capacity and stability of aquaporin incorporated biomimetic thin-film composite membranes

H Yılmaz, M Özkan - Biotechnology Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Aquaporin incorporated nanofiltration membranes have high potential for future applications
on separation processes. In this study, performance of biomimetic thin-film composite …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of detergents in solubilization and reconstitution of Aquaporin Z: A structural approach

A Beratto-Ramos, J Dagnino-Leone… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The exceptional capacities of aquaporins in terms of water permeation and
selectivity have made them an interesting system for membrane applications. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] Heterologous expression of a novel linoleic acid isomerase BBI, and effect of fusion tags on its performance

Y Mei, X Li, B Yang, J Zhao, H Zhang, H Chen… - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Functional proteins with the ability to isomerise free linoleic acid (LA) to conjugated linoleic
acid (CLA) are termed linoleic acid isomerases (LAI). BBI is a novel LAI from Bifidobacterium …

Comparison of ion selectivities of nitrite channel NirC and water channel aquaporin

H Yılmaz, EM Erdoğan, P Ergenekon… - World Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract nir C gene coding for the nitrite channel of E. coli K12 was cloned into the pET28a
vector and expressed in E. coli BL21 cells. 28.5 kDa NirC monomer was purified from …