Phosphotriesterases catalyze the hydrolytic detoxification of phosphotriester pesticides and chemical warfare nerve agents with various efficiencies. The directed evolution of phosphotriesterases to enhance the breakdown of poor substrates is desirable for the purposes of bioremediation. A limiting factor in the identification of phosphotriesterase mutants with increased activity is the ability...

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Large amounts of fertilizers and pesticides applied annually to agricultural soils improve the physical and chemical properties of soil but, when they are applied without control they can cause serious environmental problems. The farms of Tizayuca in Hidalgo State produce about 30000 tons of manure per day, which are applied indiscriminately in the same region for agricultural use. The aim of t...

This paper describes the use of Pichia pastoris X-33 as a bioremediator to reduce the chemical oxygen demand (COD), total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), and phosphorus (P-PO(4) (3-)), after culture in parboiled rice effluent supplemented with p.a. glycerol or a glycerol by-product of the biodiesel industry. The greatest reduction in the COD (55%), TKN (45%), and P-PO(4) (3-) (52%) of the effluent was...

Journal of the American Chemical Society is published by the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036 Chirality at a pro-pro-prochiral phosphorus center. Stereochemical course of the 5'-nucleotidase-catalyzed reaction Ming-Daw Tsai, and Ting-Ting Chang J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1980, 102 (16), 5416-5418• DOI: 10.1021/ja00536a061 • Publication Date (Web): 01 May 2002 ...

1H and 31P NMR spectra of a variety of phosphorylated myo-inositols have been analyzed using a Bruker WH-360 spectrometer. Proton and phosphorus chemical shifts and coupling constants are reported for myo-inositol 1-phosphate, myo-inositol 2-phosphate, myo-inositol 5-phosphate, myo-inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate, myo-inositol 1,4-bisphosphate, myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, and myo-inositol 1...

Four size fractions of the sediment of six environments of the upper Paraná River floodplain were analyzed for carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus contents and microbial respiration (oxygen consumption). Particle size did not affect nitrogen and phosphorus content or microbial activity, but did affect carbon content (F = 4.274, df = 3; 20, p = 0.020). The carbon concentration of ultra-fine particl...

According to a quantum chemical analysis based on energy optimized M NDO calculations the 1.5-sigmatropic reaction of cyclopentadienylphosphanes can occur via a transition state either with retention or inversion of configuration at phosphorus, depending on the ligands within the PR2 fragment. Electropositive R favour inversion and electronegative R retention of configura­ tion at phosphorus. I...

Understanding the relative importance of environment and life history strategies in determining leaf chemical traits remains a key objective of plant ecology. We assessed 20 foliar chemical properties among 12 African savanna woody plant species and their relation to environmental variables (hillslope position, precipitation, geology) and two functional traits (thorn type and seed dispersal mec...