Yuanyuan Ma

TL;DR: This review summarizes recent studies on expansins and expansin-like proteins, in terms of their expression and purification, synergism in lignocellulose hydrolysis, structure–function studies and binding characteristics, and future research prospects are presented.

TL;DR: The genes encoding expanin-like proteins from Trichoderma reesei and Bacillus subtilis were successfully expressed in Pichia pastoris and showed remarkable heat tolerance and resistance to denaturation by urea and SDS, the first study to report high-efficient expression and unreported properties of BsEXLX1/TrSwo1.

TL;DR: β-Glucosidase was shown to have synergistic effects with commercial cellulase in the hydrolysis of acid- and alkali-pretreated corncob, especially at the dose of 5 U/g biomass and 5 or 10 FPU/ g biomass, which is valuable in optimization of the process configuration and improving the yeast strain selected for cellulosic ethanol production.

TL;DR: Genome resequencing and PCR confirmation revealed that BW1847 and BW1857 had nine and seven single nucleotide polymorphisms, respectively, and a common 14-kb deletion, indicating that they are potential host strains for the construction of butanol pathways.

TL;DR: The negative effect on growth increased with gene dose level until a final failure to grow, implying that displaying β-glucosidase on the cell surface imposes an extra metabolic burden.