Scientists from the Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville, CA (USA), have developed a microbe-based biomanufacturing of an eco-friendly production platform for a blue pigment called indigoidine. The new pigment could provide (…) more

An article highlighting the INDOX project objectives and main outcomes has been included in the “BIOECONOMY INNOVATION –CommBeBiz magazine 2016-2017”, (…) more

OCTOBER 11-14, 2016 / GRONINGEN / THE NETHERLANDS
The 5th international conference on Novel Enzymes (INEC16) aims to provide a forum for the presentation of the most exciting advances and new (…) more

Aryl alcohol oxidase (AAO) is a fungal flavoenzyme capable of oxidizing aromatic primary alcohols into their correspondent aldehydes through a stereoselective hydride abstraction. Unfortunately, this enzyme does not act on secondary benzyl alcohols in racemic (…) more

Dye-decolorizing peroxidase (DyP) from Auricularia auricula-judae and versatile peroxidase (VP) from Pleurotus eryngii oxidize the three mononitrophenol isomers. Both enzymes have been overexpressed in Escherichia (…) more

Oxidation of primary alcohols by aryl-alcohol oxidase (AAO), a flavoenzyme that provides H2O2 to fungal peroxidases for lignin degradation in nature, is achieved by concerted hydroxyl proton transfer and stereoselective (…) more

The enantioselective oxyfunctionalisation of C−H bonds is a highly interesting reaction, as it provides access to chiral alcohols that are important pharmaceutical building blocks. However, it is hard to achieve using traditional methods. One way (…) more