A novel and wide substrate specific polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase from unculturable bacteria found in mangrove soil

A metagenomics approach for new biocatalyst discovery: application to transaminases and the synthesis of allylic amines

(2017) Damien Baud et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Genome features of moderately halophilic polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing Yangia sp. CCB-MM3

(2017) Nyok-Sean Lau et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Structure of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase PhaC from Chromobacterium sp. USM2, producing biodegradable plastics

(2017) Min Fey Chek et al.   Scientific Reports

Novel polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymers produced in Pseudomonas putida by metagenomic polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases

(2016) Jiujun Cheng et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Crystal structure of Ralstonia eutropha polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase C-terminal domain and reaction mechanisms

(2016) Jieun Kim et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Structure and function of the N-terminal domain of Ralstonia eutropha polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase, and the proposed structure and mechanisms of the whole enzyme

(2016) Yeo-Jin Kim et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Structure of the Catalytic Domain of the Class I Polyhydroxybutyrate Synthase fromCupriavidus necator

(2016) Elizabeth C. Wittenborn et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Discovery of a new polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase from limestone soil through metagenomic approach

(2016) Yen Teng Tai et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

A new biological recovery approach for PHA using mealworm, Tenebrio molitor

(2016) Paramasivam Murugan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Crystal structure of Ralstonia eutropha polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase C-terminal domain and reaction mechanisms

(2016) Jieun Kim et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Structure and function of the N-terminal domain of Ralstonia eutropha polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase, and the proposed structure and mechanisms of the whole enzyme

(2016) Yeo-Jin Kim et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Accumulation of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Helps Bacterial Cells to Survive Freezing

(2016) Stanislav Obruca et al.   PLoS One

Metagenomic mining for thermostable esterolytic enzymes uncovers a new family of bacterial esterases

(2016) Dimitra Zarafeta et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular Variation and Horizontal Gene Transfer of the Homocysteine Methyltransferase Gene mmuM and its Distribution in Clinical Pathogens

(2015) Jianchao Ying et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Mining the microbial dark matter

(2015) Corie Lok   NATURE

A RESTful API for Accessing Microbial Community Data for MG-RAST

(2015) Andreas Wilke et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Marine Metagenome as A Resource for Novel Enzymes

(2015) Amani D. Alma’abadi et al.   GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS

A common active site of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase from Bacillus cereus YB-4 is involved in polymerization and alcoholysis reactions

(2014) Manami Hyakutake et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Whole genome amplification approach reveals novel polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases (PhaCs) from Japan Trench and Nankai Trough seawater

(2014) Choon Pin Foong et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Discovery of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (PhaC)-encoding genes from seasonal Baltic Sea ice and cold estuarine waters

(2014) Katariina Pärnänen et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

MyTaxa: an advanced taxonomic classifier for genomic and metagenomic sequences

(2014) Chengwei Luo et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Translation rate is controlled by coupled trade-offs between site accessibility, selective RNA unfolding and sliding at upstream standby sites

(2013) Amin Espah Borujeni et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A metagenomic insight into freshwater methane-utilizing communities and evidence for cooperation between theMethylococcaceaeand theMethylophilaceae

(2013) David A.C. Beck et al.   PeerJ

SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing

(2012) Anton Bankevich et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

Biosynthesis and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate containing 5-hydroxyvalerate units: Effects of 5HV units on biodegradability, cytotoxicity, mechanical and thermal properties

(2012) Jo-Ann Chuah et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Exploiting metagenomic diversity for novel polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases: Production of a terpolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate-co-3-hydroxyoctanoate) with a recombinant Pseudomonas putida strain

(2011) Simrita Cheema et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Next generation sequencing and bioinformatic bottlenecks: the current state of metagenomic data analysis

(2011) Matthew B. Scholz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Isolation and recovery of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates

(2011) B. Kunasundari et al.   Express Polymer Letters

Harvesting of novel polyhydroxyalkanaote (PHA) synthase encoding genes from a soil metagenome library using phenotypic screening

(2011) Marcus Schallmey et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Identification and characterization of genes conferring salt tolerance to Escherichia coli from pond water metagenome

(2010) Raj Kishor Kapardar et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Fodinicurvata sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Fodinicurvata fenggangensis sp. nov., poly- -hydroxybutyrate-producing bacteria in the family Rhodospirillaceae

(2009) Y.-X. Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

The metagenomics RAST server – a public resource for the automatic phylogenetic and functional analysis of metagenomes

(2008) F Meyer et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Sustainability of Biobased and Biodegradable Plastics

(2008) Kumar Sudesh et al.   CLEAN-Soil Air Water

Polyhydroxyalkanoates are essential for maintenance of redox state in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudomonas sp. 14-3 during low temperature adaptation

(2008) Nicolás D. Ayub et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Molecular insight into activated sludge producing polyhydroxyalkanoates under aerobic–anaerobic conditions

(2008) Slawomir Ciesielski et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY