Tetrahymanol Biosynthesis

The effect of cholesterol on ubiquinone and tetrahymanol biosynthesis in Tetrahymena pyriformis.

The biosynthesis of ubiquinone-8 from radioactive mevalonate by cultures of Tetrahymena pyriformis is demonstrated. Under normal conditions the incorporation of this radioactive precursor into ubiquinone and the triterpenoid alcohol tetrahymanol reflects the amounts of these two compounds in the cell. Growth of T. pyriformis in the presence of cholesterol results in a complete inhibition of inc...

Update on Pectin Biosynthesis Biosynthesis of Pectin

Villum Kann Rasmussen Centre Pro-active Plants, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK–1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark (J.H.); Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California 94608 (A.S., H.V.S.); and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, California 94608 (...

Biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles using streptomyces fulvissimus isolate

Objective(s): In recent years, the biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles has been the focus of interest because of their emerging application in a number of areas such as biomedicine. In the present study we report the extracellular biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) by using a positive bacterium named Streptomyces fulvissimus isolate U from rice fields of Guilan Province, Iran.Materials a...

Biosynthesis of Silver nanoparticles from Actinomycetes for therapeutic applications

Silver is composed of a large percentage of silver oxide due to their large ratio of surface to bulk silver atoms. Silver nanoparticles have been a potent antibacterial, antifungal, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory agent. A simple, eco-friendly, inexpensive biosynthetic method was employed to synthesize silver nanoparticles.  The present study aimed at the comparative study of silver nanopartic...

Polyamine Biosynthesis