Isolation, Identification and Degradation Characterization of Synthetic Dyes Degrading Strain

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 3140-3143
Author(s):  
Hui Xing Liang

Dyes are usually difficult to be decolorized due to their complex chemical structures. In this work, a bacterium which had the ability of decoloration on synthetic dyes was isolated from Yancheng printworks and was identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The effects of concentration of the dye concentration, cultural time, cultural temperature and initial pH of cultural medium on the efficiency of decoloration were investigated. The result showed that the optimal cultural conditions was: dye concentration was 50mg.L-1, cultural time was 72 h, cultural temperature was 28°C, initial pH of cultural medium was 7.0.

2013 ◽  
Vol 442 ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
Bei Bei Zhang ◽  
Yong Jian Shen ◽  
Chang Xu ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Ming Hu Jiang

Dyes are usually difficult to be decolorized due to their complex chemical structures. In this work, laccase was purified from the white rot fungus Cerrena unicolor to evaluate its application in dye decolorization. SDS-PAGE analysis showed the purified laccase to be a monomeric protein of 63.7 kDa. The optimum pH for the oxidation of 2,2-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiaoline-6-sufonic acid) (ABTS) was 2.2 and the optimum temperature was 50°C. The activity of the purified enzyme was strongly inhibited by sodium azide and partially inhibited by cysteine, dithiothreitol. The Km values of the purified laccase for the substrate ABTS, syringaldazine and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol were 0.217, 0.306 and 0.199 mmol/L.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 2914
Author(s):  
Kevin J. H. Lim ◽  
Yan Ping Lim ◽  
Yossa D. Hartono ◽  
Maybelle K. Go ◽  
Hao Fan ◽  
...  

Natural products make up a large proportion of medicine available today. Cannabinoids from the plant Cannabis sativa is one unique class of meroterpenoids that have shown a wide range of bioactivities and recently seen significant developments in their status as therapeutic agents for various indications. Their complex chemical structures make it difficult to chemically synthesize them in efficient yields. Synthetic biology has presented a solution to this through metabolic engineering in heterologous hosts. Through genetic manipulation, rare phytocannabinoids that are produced in low yields in the plant can now be synthesized in larger quantities for therapeutic and commercial use. Additionally, an exciting avenue of exploring new chemical spaces is made available as novel derivatized compounds can be produced and investigated for their bioactivities. In this review, we summarized the biosynthetic pathways of phytocannabinoids and synthetic biology efforts in producing them in heterologous hosts. Detailed mechanistic insights are discussed in each part of the pathway in order to explore strategies for creating novel cannabinoids. Lastly, we discussed studies conducted on biological targets such as CB1, CB2 and orphan receptors along with their affinities to these cannabinoid ligands with a view to inform upstream diversification efforts.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 4808
Author(s):  
Nitza Soto ◽  
Karoll Ferrer ◽  
Katy Díaz ◽  
César González ◽  
Lautaro Taborga ◽  
...  

Brassinosteroids are polyhydroxysteroids that are involved in different plants’ biological functions, such as growth, development and resistance to biotic and external stresses. Because of its low abundance in plants, much effort has been dedicated to the synthesis and characterization of brassinosteroids analogs. Herein, we report the synthesis of brassinosteroid 24-nor-5β-cholane type analogs with 23-benzoate function and 22,23-benzoate groups. The synthesis was accomplished with high reaction yields in a four-step synthesis route and using hyodeoxycholic acid as starting material. All synthesized analogs were tested using the rice lamina inclination test to assess their growth-promoting activity and compare it with those obtained for brassinolide, which was used as a positive control. The results indicate that the diasteroisomeric mixture of monobenzoylated derivatives exhibit the highest activity at the lowest tested concentrations (1 × 10−8 and 1 × 10−7 M), being even more active than brassinolide. Therefore, a simple synthetic procedure with high reaction yields that use a very accessible starting material provides brassinosteroid synthetic analogs with promising effects on plant growth. This exploratory study suggests that brassinosteroid analogs with similar chemical structures could be a good alternative to natural brassinosteroids.


1993 ◽  
Vol 268 (8) ◽  
pp. 5417-5424
Author(s):  
J.P. Bourdineaud ◽  
D. Heierli ◽  
M. Gamper ◽  
H.J. Verhoogt ◽  
A.J. Driessen ◽  
...  

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