Current advances in design and engineering strategies of industrial enzymes

T Dinmukhamed, Z Huang, Y Liu, X Lv, J Li… - Systems Microbiology …, 2021 - Springer
Enzymes are considered as functional proteins, also known as biocatalysts, which are
required for normal cellular function. The commercial production of enzymes with distinct …

Molecular engineering of industrial enzymes: recent advances and future prospects

H Yang, J Li, H Shin, G Du, L Liu, J Chen - Applied microbiology and …, 2014 - Springer
Many enzymes are efficiently produced by microbes. However, the use of natural enzymes
as biocatalysts has limitations such as low catalytic efficiency, low activity, and low stability …

The promises and challenges of fusion constructs in protein biochemistry and enzymology

H Yang, L Liu, F Xu - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2016 - Springer
Fusion constructs are used to improve the properties of or impart novel functionality to
proteins for biotechnological applications. The biochemical characteristics of enzymes or …

Enhanced expression of a novel trypsin from Streptomyces fradiae in Komagataella phaffii GS115 through combinational strategies of propeptide engineering and self …

C Niu, G Liu, S Yang, L He, C Liu, F Zheng… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to enhance the expression level of a novel trypsin gene from Streptomyces
fradiae ATCC14544 in Komagataella phaffii GS115 through the combinational use of …

Production of glucaric acid from myo-inositol in engineered Pichia pastoris

Y Liu, X Gong, C Wang, G Du, J Chen… - Enzyme and microbial …, 2016 - Elsevier
A potential myo-inositol oxygenase (ppMIOX) was identified as a functional enzyme and a
glucaric acid synthetic pathway was firstly constructed in Pichia pastoris. Coexpression of …

Recent advances of molecular toolbox construction expand Pichia pastoris in synthetic biology applications

Z Kang, H Huang, Y Zhang, G Du, J Chen - World Journal of Microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
Pichia pastoris:(reclassified as Komagataella phaffii), a methylotrophic yeast strain has been
widely used for heterologous protein production because of its unique advantages, such as …

Engineered pro‐peptide enhances the catalytic activity of keratinase to improve the conversion ability of feather waste

Z Peng, J Zhang, Y Song, R Guo… - Biotechnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Keratinase is an attractive industrial enzyme that can specifically catalyze keratin waste to
obtain value‐added products. A challenge to the application of keratinase is improving …

High-yield secretory production of stable, active trypsin through engineering of the N-terminal peptide and self-degradation sites in Pichia pastoris

Y Zhang, H Huang, X Yao, G Du, J Chen, Z Kang - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Streptomyces griseus trypsin (SGT) possesses enzymatic properties similar to mammalian
trypsins and has great potential applications in the leather processing, bioethanol, detergent …

Enhanced production of leech hyaluronidase by optimizing secretion and cultivation in Pichia pastoris

Z Kang, N Zhang, Y Zhang - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2016 - Springer
Leech hyaluronidase (LHAase) was recently cloned and successfully expressed in Pichia
pastoris. To increase its secretory expression level, four signal peptides (nsB, YTP1, SCS3 …

The propeptide sequence assists the correct folding required for the enzymatic activity of cocoonase

N Sakata, A Ogata, M Takegawa, N Tajima… - Biochemical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cocoonase, a protein that is produced by the silkworm (Bombyx mori), is thought to
specifically digest the sericin protein of the cocoon and has a high homology with trypsin …