Marcelo Kern

TL;DR: In this paper, the exclusive expression of 10 genes encoding five distinct enzyme classes in a high noscapine-producing poppy variety, HN1, was found to be tightly linked in HN 1 and bacterial artificial chromosome sequencing confirmed that they exist as a complex gene cluster for plant alkaloids.

TL;DR: The identification of an unusual protein that contains both cytochrome P-450 and oxidoreductase modules may enable microbial-based morphinan production and enable alternate routes for morphine biosynthesis that are less dependent on poppy cultivation.

TL;DR: Overall, this study suggests that marine cellulases offer significant potential for utilization in high-solids industrial biomass conversion processes.

TL;DR: Despite lacking detectable glycoside activity, the addition of swollenin of T. harzianum increased by two‐fold the hydrolysis efficiency of a commercial cellulase cocktail, and the findings are of interest in enriching enzyme cocktail with this important accessory protein which takes part in the cellulose amorphogenesis.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that the woodborer’s respiratory protein hemocyanin plays a central role in wood digestion and may offer a route toward biorefining of woody plant biomass.