Fusion proteins, understood as those created by joining two or more genes that originally
encoded independent proteins, have numerous applications in biotechnology, from …

To explore the unmapped biotechnologically important microbial platforms for human
welfare, the insect gut system is such a promising arena. Insects, the inhabitant of all …

Second generation biofuel development is increasingly reliant on the recombinant
expression of cellulases. Designing or identifying successful expression systems is thus of …

A major obstacle to the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass is its complex structure and
recalcitrance. Chimeric enzymes, by expressing different enzymatic reactions in a single …

Improvement of cellulase expression has the potential to change the nature of the biofuel
industry. Increasing the economic feasibility of cellulase systems would significantly broaden …

Biologically-derived hydrocarbons are considered to have great potential as next-generation
biofuels owing to the similarity of their chemical properties to contemporary diesel and jet …

It is a mammoth task to develop a modular protein toolbox enabling the production of
posttranslational organized multifunctional enzymes that catalyze reactions in complex …

Fungi, being obligate heterotrophs, are natural decomposers and elaborate a number of
enzymes. Currently, more than half of the industrial enzymes are of fungal origin and are …

With the exhaustion of fossil fuels and with the environmental issues they pose, utilization of
abundant lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock for biofuels and bio-based chemicals has …

The gradually increasing need for fossil fuels demands renewable biofuel substitutes. This
has fascinated an increasing investigation to design innovative energy fuels that have …