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Tang X, Zhang L, Huang M, Wang F, Xie G, Huo R, Gao R. Selective enhanced cytotoxicity of amino acid deprivation for cancer therapy using thermozyme functionalized nanocatalyst. J Nanobiotechnology 2024; 22:53. [PMID: 38326899 PMCID: PMC10848425 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-024-02326-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Enzyme therapy based on differential metabolism of cancer cells has demonstrated promising potential as a treatment strategy. Nevertheless, the therapeutic benefit of reported enzyme drugs is compromised by their uncontrollable activity and weak stability. Additionally, thermozymes with high thermal-stability suffer from low catalytic activity at body temperature, preventing them from functioning independently. RESULTS Herein, we have developed a novel thermo-enzymatic regulation strategy for near-infrared (NIR)-triggered precise-catalyzed photothermal treatment of breast cancer. Our strategy enables efficient loading and delivery of thermozymes (newly screened therapeutic enzymes from thermophilic bacteria) via hyaluronic acid (HA)-coupled gold nanorods (GNRs). These nanocatalysts exhibit enhanced cellular endocytosis and rapid enzyme activity enhancement, while also providing biosafety with minimized toxic effects on untargeted sites due to temperature-isolated thermozyme activity. Locally-focused NIR lasers ensure effective activation of thermozymes to promote on-demand amino acid deprivation and photothermal therapy (PTT) of superficial tumors, triggering apoptosis, G1 phase cell cycle arrest, inhibiting migration and invasion, and potentiating photothermal sensitivity of malignancies. CONCLUSIONS This work establishes a precise, remotely controlled, non-invasive, efficient, and biosafe nanoplatform for accurate enzyme therapy, providing a rationale for promising personalized therapeutic strategies and offering new prospects for high-precision development of enzyme drugs.
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- Xiuhui Tang
- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
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K D, Kuramitsu S, Yokoyama S, Thirumananseri K, Ponnuraj K. Crystal structure analysis and molecular dynamics simulations of arginase from Thermus thermophilus. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2022:1-11. [PMID: 35994323 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2112615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Arginase is a manganese-dependent metalloenzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of L-arginine to L-ornithine and urea. The product L-ornithine is an important component which has wide applications in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. Enzymatic biosynthesis of L-ornithine is one of the effective methods in which arginase is used as a bio-catalyst. Here, we report the crystal structure of arginase from Thermus thermophilus (TtArginase) in three different crystal forms. All structures were solved by molecular replacement and refined at 2.0 Å, 2.3 Å and 2.91 Å resolution respectively. TtArginase is compared with other structural homologs and the putative catalytic site residues were identified. To understand the thermophilic nature of TtArginase, the sequence and structural factors of TtArginase was compared with its mesophilic counterpart Bacillus subtilis arginase (BsArginase). To get insights on structural stability, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were carried for TtArginase and BsArginase at three different temperatures (300 K, 333 K and 353 K). The results indicate that TtArginase is comparatively more stable than BsArginase. MD simulations were carried out in the absence of the metal ions at the active site which revealed high plasticity of the active site. The results suggest that metal ions are critical not only for the catalytic function, but also required for the maintenance of the proper active site geometry. Since arginase can be employed for large-scale industrial production of L-ornithine, the structural details of thermophilic arginases such as TtArginase will be helpful to engineer the protein to optimize its enzymatic action in a variety of conditions.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Dhanalakshmi K
- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Structural Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, RIKEN, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Structural Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, RIKEN, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan.,Laboratory for Transcription Structural Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamic Research, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai, India
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A. Hassabo A, H.Selim M, M.Saad M, Abdelraof M. Optimization of l-methioninase and l-arginase production by newly isolated marine yeast using response surface methodology. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2022.102383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Li M, Qin J, Xiong K, Jiang B, Zhang T. Review of arginase as a promising biocatalyst: characteristics, preparation, applications and future challenges. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2021; 42:651-667. [PMID: 34612104 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1947962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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As a committed step in the urea cycle, arginase cleaves l-arginine to form l-ornithine and urea. l-Ornithine is essential to: cell proliferation, collagen formation and other physiological functions, while the urea cycle itself converts highly toxic ammonia to urea for excretion. Recently, arginase was exploited as an efficient catalyst for the environmentally friendly synthesis of l-ornithine, an abundant nonprotein amino acid that is widely employed as a food supplement and nutrition product. It was also proposed as an arginine-reducing agent in order to treat arginase deficiency and to be a means of depleting arginine to treat arginine auxotrophic tumors. Targeting arginase inhibitors of the arginase/ornithine pathway offers great promise as a therapy for: cardiovascular, central nervous system diseases and cancers with high arginase expression. In this review, recent advances in the characteristics, structure, catalytic mechanism and preparation of arginase were summarized, with a focus being placed on the biotechnical and medical applications of arginase. In particular, perspectives have been presented on the challenges and opportunities for the environmentally friendly utilization of arginase during l-ornithine production and in therapies.
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- Mengli Li
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.,International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
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Kumari N, Bansal S. Arginine depriving enzymes: applications as emerging therapeutics in cancer treatment. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2021; 88:565-594. [PMID: 34309734 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-021-04335-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy and other medications are employed to treat various types of cancer. However, each treatment has its own set of side effects, owing to its low specificity. As a result, there is an urgent need for newer therapeutics that do not disrupt healthy cells' normal functioning. Depriving nutrient or non/semi-essential amino acids to which cancerous cells are auxotrophic remains one such promising anticancer strategy. L-Arginine (Arg) is a semi-essential vital amino acid involved in versatile metabolic processes, signaling pathways, and cancer cell proliferation. Hence, the administration of Arg depriving enzymes (ADE) such as arginase, arginine decarboxylase (ADC), and arginine deiminase (ADI) could be effective in cancer therapy. The Arg auxotrophic cancerous cells like hepatocellular carcinoma, human colon cancer, leukemia, and breast cancer cells are sensitive to ADE treatment due to low expression of crucial enzymes argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS), argininosuccinate lyase (ASL), and ornithine transcarbamylase (OCT). These therapeutic enzyme treatments induce cell death through inducing autophagy, apoptosis, generation of oxidative species, i.e., oxidative stress, and arresting the progression and expansion of cancerous cells at certain cell cycle checkpoints. The enzymes are undergoing clinical trials and could be successfully exploited as potential anticancer agents in the future.
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- Neha Kumari
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, Solan, 173234, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology Waknaghat, Solan, 173234, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Hernández VM, Arteaga A, Dunn MF. Diversity, properties and functions of bacterial arginases. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2021; 45:6308370. [PMID: 34160574 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuab034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The metalloenzyme arginase hydrolyzes L-arginine to produce L-ornithine and urea. In bacteria, arginase has important functions in basic nitrogen metabolism and redistribution, production of the key metabolic precursor L-ornithine, stress resistance and pathogenesis. We describe the regulation and specific functions of the arginase pathway as well as summarize key characteristics of related arginine catabolic pathways. The use of arginase-derived ornithine as a precursor molecule is reviewed. We discuss the biochemical and transcriptional regulation of arginine metabolism, including arginase, with the latter topic focusing on the RocR and AhrC transcriptional regulators in the model organism Bacillus subtilis. Finally, we consider similarities and contrasts in the structure and catalytic mechanism of the arginases from Bacillus caldovelox and Helicobacter pylori. The overall aim of this review is to provide a panorama of the diversity of physiological functions, regulation, and biochemical features of arginases in a variety of bacterial species.
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- Victor M Hernández
- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C.P. 62210, Mexico
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- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C.P. 62210, Mexico
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- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, C.P. 62210, Mexico
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Huang K, Zhang S, Guan X, Liu J, Li S, Song H. Thermostable arginase from Sulfobacillus acidophilus with neutral pH optimum applied for high-efficiency l-ornithine production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:6635-6646. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10721-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Abdelraof M, Abo Elsoud MM, Selim MH, Hassabo AA. l-arginine amidinohydrolase by a new Streptomyces isolate: Screening and statistical optimized production using response surface methodology. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2020.101538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Effects of different expression systems on characterization of adenylate deaminase from Aspergillus oryzae. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2020; 43:919-926. [PMID: 32020448 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-020-02288-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Adenylate deaminase (AMPD) is an amino hydrolase that catalyzes the irreversible hydrolysis of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) to inosine monophosphate (IMP) and ammonia. In this study, the effect of different hosts on the enzymatic properties of AMPD from Aspergillus oryzae GX-08 was investigated and showed that Bacillus subtilis WB600 was more suitable for producing AMPD with a higher activity of 2540 U/mL. After purification, the optimal temperature and pH of recombinant AMPD were 55 °C and pH 6.0, respectively, and its activity was significantly enhanced by 10 mM Fe3+ with an increase of 236%. More importantly, the recombinant AMPD specifically and effectively catalyzed the conversion between AMP and IMP, in which 10 mL of crude AMPD achieved a conversion ratio of 76.4% after 40 min. Therefore, B. subtilis WB600 provides a potential platform for producing AMPD with excellent catalytic ability and catalytic specificity.
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Kai H, Xiao G, Bo J, Sen L. Construction of a food-grade arginase expression system and its application in L-ornithine production with whole cell biocatalyst. Process Biochem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2018.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Overproduction of Rummeliibacillus pycnus arginase with multi-copy insertion of the arg R.pyc cassette into the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:6039-6048. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8355-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Huang K, Zhang T, Jiang B, Mu W, Miao M. Characterization of a thermostable arginase from Rummeliibacillus pycnus SK31.001. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2016.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Li S, Qian Y, Liang Y, Chen X, Zhao M, Guo Y, Pang Z. Overproduction, Purification and Characterization of Adenylate Deaminase from Aspergillus oryzae. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2016; 180:1635-1643. [PMID: 27539573 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-016-2192-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Adenylate deaminase (AMPD, EC 3.5.4.6) is an aminohydrolase that widely used in the food and medicine industries. In this study, the gene encoding Aspergillus oryzae AMPD was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Induction with 0.75 mM isopropyl β-D-l-thiogalactopyranoside resulted in an enzyme activity of 1773.9 U/mL. Recombinant AMPD was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity using nickel affinity chromatography, and its molecular weight was calculated as 78.6 kDa. Purified AMPD exhibited maximal activity at 35 °C, pH 6.0 and 30 mM K+, with apparent K m and V max values of 2.7 × 10-4 M and 77.5 μmol/mg/min under these conditions. HPLC revealed that recombinant AMPD could effectively catalyse the synthesis of inosine-5'-monophosphate (IMP) with minimal by-products, indicating high specificity and suggesting that it could prove useful for IMP production.
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- Shubo Li
- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, 530004, China.
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China. .,College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530005, China.
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Wang M, Xu M, Rao Z, Yang T, Zhang X. Construction of a highly efficient Bacillus subtilis 168 whole-cell biocatalyst and its application in the production of l-ornithine. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 42:1427-37. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-015-1672-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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l-Ornithine, a non-protein amino acid, is usually extracted from hydrolyzed protein as well as produced by microbial fermentation. Here, we focus on a highly efficient whole-cell biocatalyst for the production of l-ornithine. The gene argI, encoding arginase, which catalyzes the hydrolysis of l-arginine to l-ornithine and urea, was cloned from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens B10-127 and expressed in GRAS strain Bacillus subtilis 168. The recombinant strain exhibited an arginase activity of 21.9 U/mg, which is 26.7 times that of wild B. subtilis 168. The optimal pH and temperature of the purified recombinant arginase were 10.0 and 40 °C, respectively. In addition, the recombinant arginase exhibited a strong Mn2+ preference. When using whole-cell biocatalyst-based bioconversion, a hyper l-ornithine production of 356.9 g/L was achieved with a fed-batch strategy in a 5-L reactor within 12 h. This whole-cell bioconversion study demonstrates an environmentally friendly strategy for l-ornithine production in industry.
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- Meizhou Wang
- grid.258151.a 0000000107081323 The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- grid.258151.a 0000000107081323 The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- grid.258151.a 0000000107081323 The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- grid.258151.a 0000000107081323 The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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- grid.258151.a 0000000107081323 The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology Jiangnan University 214122 Wuxi Jiangsu People’s Republic of China
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