Enzyme engineering: Reshaping the biocatalytic functions

M Ali, HM Ishqi, Q Husain - Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme engineering is a powerful tool to fine‐tune the enzymes. It is a technique by which
the stability, activity, and specificity of the enzymes can be altered. The characteristic …

Recent trends in the modification of polyphenolic compounds using hydroxylation and glycosylation

UJ Lee, JK Sohng, BG Kim, KY Choi - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Polyphenol modification alters its function, solubility, stability, and
bioavailability.•o-/m-/p-hydroxylation of polyphenols was reported by polyphenol oxidase …

Metabolomics reveals dopa melanin involved in the enzymatic browning of the yellow cultivars of East Asian golden needle mushroom (Flammulina filiformis)

Y Fu, Y Yu, H Tan, B Wang, W Peng, Q Sun - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Browning seriously causes postharvest deterioration of the yellow cultivars of Flammulina
filiformis, yet the browning process and its mechanism have not been described. Changes of …

Integrated multi-omic analyses on yellow Flammulina filiformis cultivar reveal postharvest oxidative damage responses

Y Fu, H Tan, B Wang, W Peng, Q Sun, Y Yu - Postharvest Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Yellow cultivars of Flammulina filiformis are prone to browning, which causes significant
yearly loss. This study investigated the critical factors involved and revealed that oxygen …

Engineering biocatalytic and biosorptive materials for environmental applications

B Zhu, Y Chen, N Wei - Trends in biotechnology, 2019 - cell.com
The challenges of increasing environmental contamination and scarcity of natural resources
require innovative solutions to ensure a sustainable future. Recent breakthroughs in …

Functional and transcriptomic investigation of laccase activity in the presence of PCB29 identifies two novel enzymes and the multicopper oxidase repertoire of a …

E Nikolaivits, R Siaperas, A Agrafiotis… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants (POPs), that can be
detected in a variety of environments including the human body, adversely affecting global …

Polyphenol Oxidase Activity on Guaiacyl and Syringyl Lignin Units

C de OG Silva, P Sun, K Barrett… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The natural heterogeneity of guaiacyl (G) and syringyl (S) compounds resulting from lignin
processing hampers their direct use as plant‐based chemicals and materials. Herein, we …

Research progress on the functions and biosynthesis of theaflavins

Y Liu, D Wang, J Li, Z Zhang, Y Wang, C Qiu, Y Sun… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Theaflavins are beneficial to human health due to various bioactivities. Biosynthesis of
theaflavins using polyphenol oxidase (PPO) is advantageous due to cost effectiveness and …

Expression, purification, and characterization of a well-adapted tyrosinase from peatlands identified by partial community analysis

F Panis, RF Krachler, R Krachler… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
In peatlands, bacterial tyrosinases (TYRs) are proposed to act as key regulators of carbon
storage by removing phenolic compounds, which inhibit the degradation of organic carbon …

Unique features of the bifunctional GH30 from Thermothelomyces thermophila revealed by structural and mutational studies

E Nikolaivits, C Pentari, C Kosinas, CG Feiler… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fungal xylanases belonging to family GH30_7, initially categorized as endo-
glucuronoxylanases, are now known to differ both in terms of substrate specificity, as well as …