Mar 31, 2016
The test is based on PCR analysis of gene BRD-C and to be used with Toshiba’s Genelyzer instrument. It was jointly developed with the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives. It is Toshiba Medical’s 2nd agro-targeted DNA test kit, after a kit...
Mar 30, 2016
The group of Yasuhisa ASANO isolated an enone reductase from Süporidiobolus salmonicolor, obtained by screening, which after expression in E. coli was able to reduce E/Z-3-methylated cyclopentadecenone into muscone with 55 % yield JSBBA Sapporo, Poster 4D033, March...
Mar 30, 2016
Starting from glycerol, the biosynthetic pathway proceeds through R-reticuline which is further transformed into morphine using 20 enzymes from six different species. JSBBA Sapporo, Poster 4F158, March 30, 2016
Mar 30, 2016
Akihiko KONDO’s team from Kobe University has engineered C. glutamicum to produce shinorine (mycosporine – glycine – serine), a tripeptide which has a strong absorption between 310 and 365 nm and might be used as a UV-A protectant. The gene cluster was introduced into...
Mar 30, 2016
D-psicose, the 3-epimer of D-fructose, has nearly 0 calories and about 70 % of saccharose sweetness. Kyowa has reported on a high efficiency production process (29 g/L) based on self-cloning in E. coli JSBBA Sapporo, Poster 4F046, March 30, 2016
