Nitrilases in nitrile biocatalysis: recent progress and forthcoming research

JS Gong, ZM Lu, H Li, JS Shi, ZM Zhou, ZH Xu - Microbial cell factories, 2012 - Springer
Over the past decades, nitrilases have drawn considerable attention because of their
application in nitrile degradation as prominent biocatalysts. Nitrilases are derived from …

Enzyme assays for high-throughput screening

JP Goddard, JL Reymond - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2004 - Elsevier
Assaying enzyme-catalyzed transformations in high-throughput is crucial to enzyme
discovery, enzyme engineering and the drug discovery process. In enzyme assays, catalytic …

[HTML][HTML] Phase III randomized study of second line ADI-PEG 20 plus best supportive care versus placebo plus best supportive care in patients with advanced …

GK Abou-Alfa, S Qin, BY Ryoo, SN Lu, CJ Yen… - Annals of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Arginine depletion is a putative target in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC
often lacks argininosuccinate synthetase, a citrulline to arginine-repleting enzyme. ADI-PEG …

Nitrilase: a promising biocatalyst in industrial applications for green chemistry

JD Shen, X Cai, ZQ Liu, YG Zheng - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Nitrilases are widely distributed in nature and are able to hydrolyze nitriles into their
corresponding carboxylic acids and ammonia. In industry, nitrilases have been used as …

Nitrilase and its application as a 'green'catalyst

R Singh, R Sharma, N Tewari, Geetanjali… - Chemistry & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrolase‐catalyzed reactions have been widely applied in organic synthesis. Nitrilases are
an important class of hydrolase that converts naturally occurring, as well as xenobiotically …

Significantly enhanced substrate tolerance of Pseudomonas putida nitrilase via atmospheric and room temperature plasma and cell immobilization

TT Dong, JS Gong, BC Gu, Q Zhang, H Li, ZM Lu… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of the study was to enhance the substrate tolerance of Pseudomonas putida
nitrilase via atmospheric and room temperature plasma (ARTP) and cell immobilization. The …

Significant improvement of the nitrilase activity by semi-rational protein engineering and its application in the production of iminodiacetic acid

ZQ Liu, MM Lu, XH Zhang, F Cheng, JM Xu… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Iminodiacetic acid (IDA) is widely used as an intermediate in the manufacturing of chelating
agents, glyphosate herbicides and surfactants. To improve activity and tolerance to the …

Purification and characterization of an enantioselective arylacetonitrilase from Pseudomonas putida

A Banerjee, P Kaul, UC Banerjee - Archives of microbiology, 2006 - Springer
The highly enantioselective arylacetonitrilase of Pseudomonas putida was purified to
homogeneity using a combination of (NH 4) 2 SO 4 fractionation and different …

Enzyme assays

JL Reymond, VS Fluxa, N Maillard - Chemical Communications, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
Enzyme assays are analytical tools to visualize enzyme activities. In recent years a large
variety of enzyme assays have been developed to assist the discovery and optimization of …

Development of a robust nitrilase by fragment swap** and semi‐rational design for efficient biosynthesis of pregabalin precursor

Q Zhang, XF Lu, Y Zhang, XL Tang… - Biotechnology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Protein engineering is a powerful tool for improving the properties of enzymes. However,
large changes in enzyme properties are still challenging for traditional evolution strategies …