Tuning of hydrophobicity of conducting films cast from polyaniline-phytic acid-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) dispersions

2022 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
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Konstantin A. Milakin ◽  
Udit Acharya ◽  
Islam M. Minisy ◽  
Doebner Von Tumacder ◽  
Zuzana Morávková ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
YINCHUN FANG ◽  
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XINHUA LIU ◽  
XIAO WU ◽  
XUCHEN TAO ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-142
Author(s):  
Ali A. Sahi ◽  
Ali H. Abdul-Kareem ◽  
Basim A. Jaber

Crop Science ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 363 ◽  
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J.N. Rutger ◽  
V. Raboy ◽  
K.A.K. Moldenhauer ◽  
R.J. Bryant ◽  
F.N. Lee ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oladapo Oluwaseye Olukomaiya ◽  
Chrishanthi Fernando ◽  
Ram Mereddy ◽  
Xiuhua Li ◽  
Yasmina Sultanbawa

Camelina (Camelina sativa) also known as false flax or gold of pleasure is an oilseed crop of the Brassica (Cruciferae) family. Camelina is not a food crop, however, the by-product (meal or cake) obtained from the oil extraction of camelina seeds is useful as animal feed because of its moderate crude protein content. The dietary use of camelina meal in broiler diets is limited to low inclusion due to the presence of anti-nutritional factors such as fibre, phytic acid, glucosinolates and tannins which have negative effects on broiler performance. Solid-state fermentation (SSF) is a suitable processing method for enriching agroindustrial by-products since it offers several cost-effective and practical advantages. In the present study, the effect of SSF on the nutrient composition, phytic acid and total phenolic contents of expeller-extracted camelina meal was evaluated. Aspergillus ficuum (ATCC 66876) was used for SSF under aerobic conditions at 30oC for 7 days. Unfermented and fermented camelina meals were analyzed for dry matter, crude protein, crude fat, crude fibre, total sugar (sucrose) and starch as well as for pH, phytic acid and total phenolic contents. Crude protein was improved by 6.79% while total sugar and starch were reduced by 90.99% and 75.78%, respectively in the solid-state fermented camelina meal. Phytic acid and total phenolic contents were also decreased by 39.17% and 56.11%, respectively. This study revealed that SSF could be used to improve the nutritional quality of camelina meal for improved use in poultry feed formulation.


1992 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manju Gupta ◽  
Neelam Khetarpaul ◽  
B. M. Chauhan

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Navone ◽  
Thomas Vogl ◽  
Pawarisa Luangthongkam ◽  
Jo-Anne Blinco ◽  
Carlos H. Luna-Flores ◽  
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Abstract Background Phytases are widely used commercially as dietary supplements for swine and poultry to increase the digestibility of phytic acid. Enzyme development has focused on increasing thermostability to withstand the high temperatures during industrial steam pelleting. Increasing thermostability often reduces activity at gut temperatures and there remains a demand for improved phyases for a growing market. Results In this work, we present a thermostable variant of the E. coli AppA phytase, ApV1, that contains an extra non-consecutive disulfide bond. Detailed biochemical characterisation of ApV1 showed similar activity to the wild type, with no statistical differences in kcat and KM for phytic acid or in the pH and temperature activity optima. Yet, it retained approximately 50% activity after incubations for 20 min at 65, 75 and 85 °C compared to almost full inactivation of the wild-type enzyme. Production of ApV1 in Pichia pastoris (Komagataella phaffi) was much lower than the wild-type enzyme due to the presence of the extra non-consecutive disulfide bond. Production bottlenecks were explored using bidirectional promoters for co-expression of folding chaperones. Co-expression of protein disulfide bond isomerase (Pdi) increased production of ApV1 by ~ 12-fold compared to expression without this folding catalyst and restored yields to similar levels seen with the wild-type enzyme. Conclusions Overall, the results show that protein engineering for enhanced enzymatic properties like thermostability may result in folding complexity and decreased production in microbial systems. Hence parallel development of improved production strains is imperative to achieve the desirable levels of recombinant protein for industrial processes.


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