Biosynthesis is the generation of natural products through enzymatic reactions, as in cellular metabolism. Successive enzymatic reactions by a number of enzymes are generally required to achieve a ...

Since α-linolenic acid is produced by FAD2 (Li et al., 2003) and PLA2 from phosphatidylcholine , the metabolic flux of α-linoleic acid might represent the gateway to the biosynthesis of a variety of ...

FASTER CHITOSAN PRODUCTION BY MUCORALEAN STRAINS IN SUBMERGED CULTURE . Rosa Valéria da Silva Amorim 1; Wanderley de Souza 2; Kazutaka Fukushima 3; Galba Maria de Campos-Takaki 4 *. 1 Laboratório de ...

Cuticles are plant structures, composed mostly by lipidic layers, synthesized by nonwoody aerial plant organs and deposited on the surface of outer epidermal cell walls. Although its significance has ...

Randomized trials on the effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin for osteoarthritis (OA) have yielded mixed results; the largest trial showed no benefit for these agents, used alone or in ...

Whole-enzyme cascade degradation of crystalline α-chitin is a long-term pursuit, which has been hampered by low transformation efficiency and heterogeneous products. Here, a novel ...

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