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Cloning, expression, and characterization of thermostable α-amylase of a thermophilic bacterium isolated from hot-spring of Sikkim and sustainable immobilization on coconut coir
Cloning and expression of the α-amylase gene ( AmyK2) of thermophilic Bacillus subtilis k2cm originated from Yume Samdong hot spring, North Sikkim,...
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Hunt for α-amylase from metagenome and strategies to improve its thermostability: a systematic review
With the advent of green chemistry, the use of enzymes in industrial processes serves as an alternative to the conventional chemical catalysts. A...
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Enzymatic Modification of Starch: Amylases and Pullulanase
Starch-modifying enzymes are crucial biocatalysts with unique properties, versatile modes of action, and wide-ranging applications. These enzymes,...
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Three Actinobacterial Isolates from Western Ghats of Kerala, India: Genome Mining for Their Bioative Potential
The biocatalysts have gotten more attention, as they act as substitute in chemical processes and enabling the use of green technology. The demand for...
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Challenges and prospects of microbial α-amylases for industrial application: a review
α-Amylases are essential biocatalysts representing a billion-dollar market with significant long-term global demand. They have varied applications...
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A molecular study on recombinant pullulanase type I from Metabacillus indicus
Despite the great potential of cold-adapted pullulanase type I in tremendous industrial applications, the majority of commercialized pullulnases type...
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Structural and functional adaptation in extremophilic microbial α-amylases
Maintaining stable native conformation of a protein under a given ecological condition is the prerequisite for survival of organisms. Extremophilic...
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Enzymatic Behaviour of Cold Adapted Microbes
Cold adapted microbes inhabiting at near-zero temperatures produce psychrophilic enzymes to withstand such harsh environments and sustain their life...
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Biotechnology and bioengineering of pullulanase: state of the art and perspectives
Pullulanase (EC 3.2.1.41) is a starch-debranching enzyme in the α -amylase family and specifically cleaves α -1,6-glycosidic linkages in starch-type...
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Classification and Enzyme Properties of Starch Debranching Enzymes
The α-1,6 glycosidic linkages in polysaccharides, including amylose, straight-chain starch, pullulan, and glycogen, are hydrolyzed by starch...
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Characterization of a biofilm-forming, amylase-producing, and heavy-metal-bioremediating strain Micrococcus sp. BirBP01 isolated from oligotrophic subsurface lateritic soil
Lateritic soil is the reddish to brown-colored soil composed mainly of iron or aluminium oxides, hydroxides, or oxyhydroxides. Information on...
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Influence of laurel (Laurus nobilis) essential oil on gut function of Black Sea salmon (Salmo labrax) juveniles
The present work investigated the effects of dietary incorporation of laurel ( Laurus nobilis ) essential oil on the zootechnical performance and...
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Identification of Thermotoga maritima MSB8 GH57 α-amylase AmyC as a glycogen-branching enzyme with high hydrolytic activity
AmyC, a glycoside hydrolase family 57 (GH57) enzyme of Thermotoga maritima MSB8, has previously been identified as an intracellular α-amylase playing...
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Fungal Glucoamylases: Developments in India and Recent Trends
Glucoamylases hydrolyze α-1,4-glycosidic and α-1,6-glycosidic bonds in soluble as well as raw starches. Other names of the enzyme include...
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Sequence, Structure, and Engineering of Microbial Starch Debranching Enzymes
Starch dedifferentiating enzymes (SDBEs) belong mainly to the glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 13 and 57, except for type II pullulanases of GH57,...
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Undesirable Microorganisms in Cereal Flours and Their Impact on the Stability of Sourdough Microbiome
Sourdough is the result of fermentation of a mixture of cereal flour and water by metacommunities consisting mainly of lactic acid bacteria and...
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Extremophilic Enzymes: Catalytic Features and Industrial Applications
Extremophilic microbes are those that are adapted to very harsh environmental conditions. Fungi constitute one of the important groups that by virtue...
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Extremophiles and their enzymatic diversity and biotechnological potential
Extremophiles and their enzymes are explored in this review article, which highlights the peculiar adaptations that these organisms have developed to...
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Extremophilic Fungal Amylases: Screening, Purification, Assay, and Applications
Extremophiles are the microorganisms that grow under extreme environments of high and low pH, high and low temperatures, deficient nutrient...
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Flow configuration and Packing Density of Sugarcane Bagasse and Wheat Bran Affecting Enzymes Production by Solid-State Fermentation
Cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes are essential to make feasible the fully biochemical route for second-generation ethanol production....
