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RNA Interference in the Egg Parasitoid, <em>Trichogramma dendrolimi</em> Matsumura

The egg parasitoids, Trichogramma spp, are recognized as efficient biological control agents against various lepidopteran pests in agriculture and ...

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Application of DNA Barcoding to Identify Medicinal Plants

Medicinal plants are valuable resources globally and are used worldwide to maintain health and treat disease; however, the presence of adulteration ...

Shenyang Agricultural University

Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Here a versatile fusion tag composed of His-tag, intein, and elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) tag was prepared for the first time to be fused with levansucrase SacB to construct a recombinant His-ELP-intein-SacB (HEIS) protein to realize nonchromatographic purification of SacB. The efficient biomimetic mineralization of CaHPO and HEIS-based hybrid-hydrangea (CaHPO-HEIS-HH) with good reusability, excellent storage stability and 254.3% improved relative levan yield was prepared with the biomimetic mineralization method. Additionally, the CaHPO-HEIS-HH showed outstanding operation activity when catalyzing sucrose in solution and up to 75% sucrose conversion rate in fruit juices. The mechanism of biomimetic mineralization was analyzed to show that the HEIS protein might serve as a "binder" to assemble the nanoflakes during biomimetic mineralization. The CaHPO-HEIS-HH was applicable for efficient production of the levan-type prebiotic polysaccharides, and this approach should be highly valuable for nonchromatographic purification and convenient preparation of various encapsulated enzymes for more efficient catalysis.

Novel biocatalytic strategy of levan: His-ELP-intein-tagged protein purification and biomimetic mineralization.

A convenient cell extract based metal organic frameworks (CE-MOF) strategy was used to produce self-assembled hybrid microparticles of enzymes with improved characteristics. It was shown that many metal ions and enzymes could be used to construct catalytically active CE-MOF microparticles. As a proof-of-principle study, the β-xylosidase BH3683 was used to prepare FeSO-CE-MOF-BH3683 microparticles to explore the factors influencing preparation of the microparticles. As a result, DNA, RNA, polysaccharides and proteins were found to play important roles in the formation of the microparticles and affected enzyme activities through interaction with enzyme molecules. Compared with the free BH3683, the optimum temperature of FeSO-CE-MOF-BH3683 increased 5 °C, and the relative activity at 70 °C increased two times. Moreover, FeSO-CE-MOF-BH3683 have stronger tolerance to different concentrations of various organic solvents and high-concentration xylose than the free BH3683, and the CE-MOF microparticles prepared by BH3683 and xylanase XynII could catalyze high-concentration xylan more efficiently than their free counterparts. In addition, FeSO-CE-MOF-BH3683 exhibited about 40 % of its initial activity after reused for 10 times, showing satisfactory reusability. To sum up, this strategy might have wide application potential in the fields of biocatalysis, biofuel production, fertilizer industry, etc.

Shuai Yang

College of Plant Protection

Shenyang Agricultural University

RNA Interference in the Egg Parasitoid, Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura

Application of DNA Barcoding to Identify Medicinal Plants

Shuai Yang

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Shenyang Agricultural University

RNA Interference in the Egg Parasitoid, Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura

Application of DNA Barcoding to Identify Medicinal Plants

College of Plant Protection