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Hydroxynitrile lyase from Passiflora edulis: Purification, characteristics and application in asymmetric synthesis of (R)-mandelonitrile

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The PeHNL from rinds had been isolated for the first time and the enzyme showed great ability in transcyanation of (R)-mandelonitrile with high e.e. in DBE as the co-organic solvent in a biphasic system.
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This article is published in Enzyme and Microbial Technology.The article was published on 2010-05-05. It has received 44 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Enantiomeric excess & Mandelonitrile.

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Biocatalytic Methods for C ? C Bond Formation

TL;DR: Novel enzymatic CC bond formation reactions have been applied, implying the most important benefit of biocatalysis, namely the high selectivity.
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Hydroxynitrile Lyases: Insights into Biochemistry, Discovery, and Engineering

TL;DR: Characteristics of many S- and R-selective HNLs with comparative tables for several enzymatic properties under biochem... will be presented.
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The past decade findings related with nutritional composition, bioactive molecules and biotechnological applications of Passiflora spp. (passion fruit)

TL;DR: In this article, a series of emerging technologies firmed on non-thermal principals, along with encapsulation by nanoparticles methods, have been studied for the sustainable recovery of some target high added-value compounds from Passiflora spp. and their co-products, which include biologically active components such as polyphenols, terpenes, peptides, polysaccharides and dietary fibers.
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Synthesis of (R)-β-nitro alcohols catalyzed by R-selective hydroxynitrile lyase from Arabidopsis thaliana in the aqueous–organic biphasic system

TL;DR: This is the first example of the R-HNL-catalyzed synthesis of (R)-β-nitro alcohols, and the organic solvent giving the highest enantioselectivity was n-butyl acetate (AcOBu).
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Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of the Head of Bacteriophage T4

TL;DR: Using an improved method of gel electrophoresis, many hitherto unknown proteins have been found in bacteriophage T4 and some of these have been identified with specific gene products.
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A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding

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