Biotransformation of keratin waste to amino acids and active peptides based on cell-free catalysis

Combining Pro-peptide Engineering and Multisite Saturation Mutagenesis To Improve the Catalytic Potential of Keratinase

(2019) Chang Su et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Effective biodegradation of chicken feather waste by co-cultivation of keratinase producing strains

(2019) Zheng Peng et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Keratin Waste Recycling Based on Microbial Degradation: Mechanisms and Prospects

(2019) Zheng Peng et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Integrating enzyme immobilization and protein engineering: An alternative path for the development of novel and improved industrial biocatalysts

(2018) Claudia Bernal et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Keratinases as an Alternative Method Designed To Solve Keratin Disposal on the Environment: Its Relevance on Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry

(2018) Ronivaldo Rodrigues da Silva   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Translation initiation in bacterial polysomes through ribosome loading on a standby site on a highly translated mRNA

(2018) Irena Andreeva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of feather-degrading bacterial populations from birds’ nests – Potential strains for biomass production for animal feed

(2017) Maria Saarela et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

A review of terrestrial, aerial and aquatic keratins: the structure and mechanical properties of pangolin scales, feather shafts and baleen plates

(2017) Bin Wang et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

High-level extracellular protein production in Bacillus subtilis using an optimized dual-promoter expression system

(2017) Kang Zhang et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Microbial decomposition of keratin in nature—a new hypothesis of industrial relevance

(2016) Lene Lange et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Microbial keratinases: industrial enzymes with waste management potential

(2016) Amit Verma et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Keratin: Structure, mechanical properties, occurrence in biological organisms, and efforts at bioinspiration

(2016) Bin Wang et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Characterization of Protein-Rich Hydrolysates Produced Through Microbial Conversion of Waste Feathers

(2016) Jaqueline Lessa Maciel et al.   Waste and Biomass Valorization

Identification and characterization of a novel antioxidant peptide from feather keratin hydrolysate

(2015) Min-Yuan Wan et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

A novel keratinase from Bacillus tequilensis strain Q7 with promising potential for the leather bating process

(2015) Nadia Zaraî Jaouadi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Construction of a Rapid Feather-Degrading Bacterium by Overexpression of a Highly Efficient Alkaline Keratinase in Its Parent Strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens K11

(2015) Lian Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Complete Structure of an Epithelial Keratin Dimer: Implications for Intermediate Filament Assembly

(2015) David J. Bray et al.   PLoS One

Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Expression Systems for Keratinase Production

(2014) Baihong Liu et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Efficient search, mapping, and optimization of multi-protein genetic systems in diverse bacteria

(2014) I. Farasat et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Microbial production of glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine: advances and perspectives

(2013) Long Liu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biodegradation of wool waste and keratinase production in scale-up fermenter with different strategies by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia BBE11-1

(2013) Zhen Fang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Corrigendum to “Biochemical characterization of three keratinolytic enzymes from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia BBE11-1 for biodegrading keratin wastes” [Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad. 82 (2013) 166–172]

(2013) Zhen Fang et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Production and characterization of thermostable metallo-keratinase from newly isolated Bacillus subtilis NRC 3

(2013) Sanaa E. Tork et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections

(2013) M. A. Meyers et al.   SCIENCE

Revisiting microbial keratinases: next generation proteases for sustainable biotechnology

(2012) Rani Gupta et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Structure, Functions, and Mechanical Properties of Keratin

(2012) J. McKittrick et al.   JOM

Thermal degradation of keratin waste

(2011) Mihai Brebu et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Enzyme-mediated oxidations for the chemist

(2010) Frank Hollmann et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Production of keratinolytic proteases through bioconversion of feather meal by the Amazonian bacterium Bacillus sp. P45

(2010) Daniel J. Daroit et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Generation of a Constitutive Green Fluorescent Protein Expression Construct to Mark Biocontrol Bacteria Using P43 Promoter from Bacillus subtilis

(2010) Hyun-Gi Kong et al.   Plant Pathology Journal

Overexpression of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase enhances riboflavin production in Bacillus subtilis

(2009) Yun Xia Duan et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Dynamics of growth and succession of bacterial and fungal communities during composting of feather waste

(2009) Teresa Korniłłowicz-Kowalska et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Medium optimization for keratinase production in hair substrate by a new Bacillus subtilis KD-N2 using response surface methodology

(2009) Chenggang Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Preparation and Optimization of Amino Acid Chelated Micronutrient Fertilizer by Hydrolyzation of Chicken Waste Feathers and the Effects on Growth of Rice

(2008) Mu Jie et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

(2007) Marc André Meyers et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE