Catalytic Biomaterials for Atrazine Degradation by Karla Diviesti, Richard C. Holz

“…Overall, the TrzN:sol–gel biomaterial proved to be the best atrazine dichlorination biocatalyst. As sol–gels can be cast into any desired shape, including pellets, which can be used in columns, the TrzN:sol–gel biomaterial provides a new avenue for the design of bioremediation methodologies for the removal of atrazine from the environment.…”
Get full text

Importance of the N-terminal proline for the promiscuous activity of 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase (4-OT) by Lazić Jelena, Spasić Jelena, Francuski Đorđe, Tokić-Vujošević Zorana, Nikodinović-Runić Jasmina, Maslak Veselin, Đokić Lidija

“…A whole-cell system based on recombinantly expressed 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase (4-OT) has been developed and shown to be an effective biocatalyst for Michael addition of branched aldehydes to β-nitrostyrenes. …”
Get full text

Anode Modification with Reduced Graphene Oxide–Iron Oxide Improves Electricity Generation in Microbial Fuel Cell by Dawid Nosek, Agnieszka Cydzik-Kwiatkowska

“…A mixed microbial consortium was used as the anode biocatalyst. The MFC-rGO-Fe produced significantly higher voltages than other cells (average 109.4 ± 75.1 mV in the cycle). …”
Get full text

Kinetic Characterization of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Apple Pomace as Feedstock for a Sugar-Based Biorefinery by Alessandra Procentese, Maria Elena Russo, Ilaria Di Somma, Antonio Marzocchella

“…A biomass pre-treatment step was required before the enzymatic hydrolysis to make available polysaccharides chains to the biocatalyst. The AP samples were pre-treated through alkaline (NaOH), acid (HCl), and enzymatic (laccase) delignification processes to investigate the effect of lignin content and polysaccharides composition on enzymatic hydrolysis. …”
Get full text

In Silico Screening of Available Drugs Targeting Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Targets: A Drug Repurposing Approach by Muthu Kumar Thirunavukkarasu, Utid Suriya, Thanyada Rungrotmongkol, Ramanathan Karuppasamy

Get full text

Enhanced microbial fuel cell for electricity generation from wastewater by Leong, Benjamin Teng Wai.

“…Shewanella oneidensis was used as the biocatalyst where Luria-Bertani broth was used as the fuel substrate. …”
Get full text

Biodiesel from palm waste cooking using immobilized lipase in modified PVA-alginate sulfate beads by Hasan, Nor Badzilah

Get full text

Catalytic degradation of chlorinated lignin in pulp bleaching wastewater over immobilized laccase by Zhou, Xue-Fei

“…It was also proved that catalytic degradation using Lac/GO as a biocatalyst is the effective method to reduce pollution load of pulp bleaching wastewater. …”
Get full text

Biodegradation of Crystal Violet dye by bacteria isolated from textile industry effluents by Roy, Dipankar Chandra, Biswas, Sudhangshu Kumar, Saha, Ananda Kumar, Sikdar, Biswanath, Rahman, Mizanur, Roy, Apurba Kumar, Prodhan, Zakaria Hossain, Tang, Swee Seong

“…CV-S1, confirmed by 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing, was found as a potential bioremediation biocatalyst in the aerobic degradation/de-colorization of Crystal Violet dye. …”

Optimization of Lipase-Catalysed Synthesis and Characterization of Kojic Acid Esters by Khamaruddin, Noor Hayati

“…Kojic acid ester was successfully synthesized by esterification using lipase from Pseudomanas cepacia (Amano PS) as a biocatalyst in an organic media. The reaction mixture consisted of 90 mM of oleic acid, 360 mM of kojic acid and 0.15 g Amano PS in the presence of 2 mL of acetonitrile. …”
Get full text

Immobilization of an antarctic pseudomonas AMS8 lipase lor low temperature ethyl hexanoate synthesis DUPLICATE by Musa, Nurshakila, Latip, Wahhida, Abd Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha, Salleh, Abu Bakar, Mohamad Al, Mohd Shukuri

“…The development of AMS8 lipase as an immobilized biocatalyst demonstrates great potential as a cost-effective enzyme for biocatalysis and biotransformation in the food industry.…”
Get full text

On The Whole-Cell Cell Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Biotransformation Of Ketoisophorone At Different Substrate Concentrations by Mohd Razif, Illya Syafiqah

“…Baker’s yeast type II has been utilized in this study as a biocatalyst to investigate the reduction of 2, 6, 6-trimethylcyclohex--2-ENE-1,4-Dione (ketoisophorone) into a useful chiral intermediates as well as for its valuable product that is (4R,6R) -4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexanone or in short (4R, 6R) -actinol. …”
Get full text

Effects Of Process Parameters On Geobacter Sulfurreducens And Bacillus Subtilis From Dewatered Sludge For Electricity Generation In Membrane – Less Microbial Fuel Cell by Sabri, Muhammad Najib Ikmal Mohd

“…Electrogenic bacteria (EB) which are Geobacter sulfurreducens (GS) and Bacillus subtilis (BS) served as a biocatalyst in the ML-MFC, allowing it to create power electrochemically. …”
Get full text

Characterization of bacillus cereus BM1 with protease activity by Huyop, Fahrul Zaman, Mienda, Bashir Sajo

“…A protease producing bacterium was isolated from the eye of seabass, for the first time, in an attempt to search for microbial biocatalyst that is detergentcompatible. The isolate was characterized based on 16S rRNA gene sequence homologyand Biolog Gen III microplate system. …”

Detection and amplification of putative [NiFe] hydrogenase operon in anoxybacillus sp. SK3-4 by Hussin, Mohd. Adhhaa

“…[NiFe] hydrogenase, comprised of two subunits, is the best known hydrogenase to be used as biocatalyst since it is insensitive to oxygen. [NiFe] hydrogenase genes are organized in an operon, containing a cluster of genes needed for the maturation of the enzyme. …”

Immobilization of α-amylase from anoxybacillus sp. SK3-4 on relizyme and immobead supports by Kahar, U. M., Sani, M. H., Chan, K. G., Goh, K. M.

“…The influence of the carrier surface properties, pore sizes, and lengths of spacer arms (functional groups) on biocatalyst performances were studied. Free and immobilized TASKAs were stable at pH 6.0-9.0 and active at pH 8.0. …”
Get full text

Synthesis of geranyl propionate in a solvent-free medium using Rhizomucor miehei lipase covalently immobilized on chitosan–graphene oxide beads by Isah, A. A., Mahat, N. A., Jamalis, J., Attan, N., Zakaria, I. I., Huyop, F., Wahab, R. A.

“…Since the method is performed under mild conditions, the RML-CS/GO biocatalyst may prove to be an environmentally benign alternative for producing satisfactory yield of geranyl propionate.…”

Ternary blended chitosan/chitin/FE3O4 nanosupport for lipase activation and stabilization by Abdul Rahman, Ida Nurhazwani, Abdul Wahab, Roswanira, Mahat, Naji Arafat, Jamalis, Joazaizulfazli, Mohamed Huri, Mohamad Afiq, Kurniawan, Cepi

“…Efficacy of the developed RML-CS/CH/MNPs biocatalyst was assessed for relevant esterification factors, viz. time, enzyme loading, temperature, substrate molar ratio and stirring speed. …”

Improvement of cross-linking and stability on cross-linked enzyme aggregate (CLEA)-xylanase by protein surface engineering by Abdul Wahab, Mohd. Khairul Hakimi, El-Enshasy, Hesham Ali, Abu Bakar, Farah Diba, Abdul Murad, Abdul Munir, Md. Jahim, Jamaliah, Md. Illias, Rosli

“…The increase in stability and reusability using this approach provides a promising biocatalyst that can be further utilized in the production of prebiotics in the biomass industry.…”

Optimization strategy for laccase immobilization on polyethylene terephthalate grafted with maleic anhydride electrospun nanofiber mat by Mohd. Syukri, Mohd. Syahlan, A. Rahman, Roshanida, Mohamad, Zurina, Md. Illias, Rosli, Nik Mahmood, Nik Azmi, Jaafar, Nardiah Rizwana

“…It was concluded that the optimization of immobilized laccase on PET-g-MAH ENM enhance the performance of this biocatalyst.…”