Plants naturally produce cyanide (CN) which is maintained at low levels in their cells by a process of rapid assimilation. However, high concentrations of environmental CN associated with activities such as industri...
Background:Hydrolysis of 2-amino phenylpropionitrile by nitrilase is a fundamental biochemical reaction that produces chiral phenylalanine.For practical application of this biochemical reaction,researchers have attemp...
By using acetonitrile as the sole nitrogen source, a microbial strain with high nitrilase activity, named as Alcaligenes sp. ECU0401, was newly isolated from soil, which could enantioselectively transform racemic mand...
Auxin influences a variety of developmental and physiological processes. Early reports, suggested that auxin might affect plant stress response. We have identified a number of auxin responsive genes in Arabidopsis tha...