Semisynthesis of proteins via expressed protein ligation is a widely applicable method, even more so because of the possibility of ligation at non-cysteine sites using β-mercapto amino acids that can be converted to the corresponding native amino acids by desulfurization. A drawback of this ligation- desulfurization approach is the removal of any unprotected native cysteine residues within the ...

The sulfur present in both agricultural and uncultivated soils is largely in the form of sulfonates and sulfate esters and not as free, bioavailable inorganic sulfate. Desulfurization of the former compounds in vitro has previously been studied in Pseudomonas putida, a common rhizosphere inhabitant. Survival of P. putida strains was now investigated in three sulfur-deficient Danish soils which ...

This study focuses on the application of nanostructured Mg-Al layered double hydroxide as a promising adsorbent in desulfurization of dibenzothiophene, an aromatic sulfur bearing compound from gasoil model. The Mg-Al LDH was synthesized by a co-precipitation method and characterized by FT-IR, XRD, EDX and SEM. The XRD and FT-IR approved the layered structure and crystalline form of the adsorben...

Reaction pathways for the desulfurization of thiophene using alkanes as hydrogen sources were probed by measuring the chemical and isotopic composition of products formed from 13C-labeled C3H8 and unlabeled C4H4S mixtures on H-ZSM5 and Co/H-ZSM5. Aliphatic hydrocarbons formed only from propane carbon atoms while aromatic molecules contained carbon atoms from both propane and thiophene. Hydrogen...

Flue gas desulfurization is commonly known as FGD and is the technology used for removing sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the exhaust combustion flue gases of power plants that burn coal oroil to produce steam for the turbines that drive their electricity generators. The most common types of FGD contact the flue gases with an alkaline sorbent such as lime or limestone. As sulfur dioxide is responsibl...

Although gasoline blending streams exhibit widely varying sulfur concentrations, significant quantities of low-sulfur motor gasoline cannot be manufactured by reallocation of existing components without substantial sacrifices in the useful properties of the remaining fuels having normal sulfur levels. To meet the anticipated demand for low-sulfur unleaded gasoline which may be required for cata...

A dibenzothiophene (DBT)-desulfurizing bacterial strain was isolated and identified as Gordona strain CYKS1. Strain CYKS1 was found to transform DBT to 2-hydroxybiphenyl via the 4S pathway and to be able to also use organic sulfur compounds other than DBT as a sole sulfur source. Its desulfurization activity was susceptible to sulfate repression. Active resting cells for desulfurization could b...

Sulfur content in fossil fuels is known to be the most important anthropogenic cause of sulfur oxide emissions to the atmosphere. In order to avoid health, environmental and technical problems caused by this compound, legislation imposes restrictive limitations to fuel sulfur content. Biodesulfurization (BDS) can become a complementary technology to hydrodesulfurization (HDS) to face this situa...

Deep desulfurization is a challenging task and global efforts are focused on the development of new approaches for the reduction of sulfur-containing compounds in fuel oils. In this work, we have proposed a new design strategy for the development of deep desulfurization heterogeneous catalysts. Based on the adopted design strategy, a novel composite material of polyoxometalate (POM)-based ionic...