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06 2021
An international team of researchers has proposed a new approach via combining protein engineering and dual-functional small molecule (DFSM) regulation of a unique non-natural P450BM3 peroxygenase to achieve excellent H2O2-dependent (R)-enantioselective epoxidation of styrene and its derivatives.
They published their study on Chemical Science, the flagship journal of Royal Society of Chemistry.
Optically-pure styrene oxides are useful building blocks for synthesizing chiral organic compounds and functional polymers. The asymmetric epoxidation of styrenes is one direct way to prepare optically-pure styrene oxides.
However, highly (R)-...
27
05 2021
Researchers from the Single-Cell Center at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed a technique to sort and sequence the genome of bacteria in soil one bacterial cell at a time, while also identifying what its function is in the soil environment. Their study was published in the journal mSystems on May 27. A new, extremely precise technique has been developed that allows the identification of the metabolic function and genome of soil bacteria one bacterial cell at a time instead of having to analyze millions all at once. The process should permit 'm...
19
04 2021
Recently, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Dalian University of Technology (DUT) revealed the tunneling effects in the active layer of organic solar cells (OSCs) by fabricating BHJ and layer-by-layer devices with five different poly(aryl ether)s (PAEs). Recently, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Dalian University of Technology (DUT) revealed the tunneling effects in the active layer of organic s...
19
04 2021
A research team led by Prof. JIANG Heqing from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) constructed an ultrathin graphene oxide (GO) interlayer on polyethersulfone macroporous substrate to tailor the structure of polyamide composite membrane, and thus improve the desalination performance. Membrane separation technology has been widely explored in desalination and CO2 capture applications due to its advantages, such as low energy consumption, space saving, and so on. Polyamide composite membranes fabricated via interfacial polymeriz...
14
04 2021
By combining an oil-producing microalgae with genes from a Cuphea plant, scientists have been able to turn the algae into a microbial cell factory that can produce various oils with many different properties. Researchers have combined the ‘chassis’ of an oil-producing microalgae with some genes from a Cuphea plant to control the length of fatty-acid chains the algae produces. The length of fatty-acid chains helps determine an oil’s various properties. By designing the algae to produce fatty acids of different lengths, the algal ‘factory’ can now be programmed to manufacture a cornucopia of various industrially relevant fatty acids. By combining the ‘chassis’ of an oil-producing microalgae with genes from a Cuphea plant, scientists from Single-Cell Center, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) can turn the...
17
03 2021
A single-celled algae has undergone genome surgery to remove non-essential parts. This can lead to a most efficient cellular factory for producing sustainable biofuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide.
[Summary] A single-celled algae has undergone genome surgery to remove non-essential parts. This can lead to a most efficient cellular factory for producing sustainable biofuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide.
Researchers have stripped hundr...
