Publications by authors named "Chi-Jie Yin"
Article Synopsis
- Nitrile-containing insecticides can be turned into amide derivatives, with TFNG-AM being converted to TFNG using nitrile hydratase/amidase, though the specific amidase involved was not fully understood until now.
- The study found that the insecticide flonicamid (FLO) degrades into the acid metabolite TFNG through the intermediate TFNG-AM, with 82.8% of FLO transformed by resting cells over 48 hours.
- A new amidase enzyme called PmsiA was discovered and characterized, showing only 20-30% similarity to known amidases, and structural analyses suggested specific residues play a crucial role in its activity, enhancing our understanding of biodegradation of insecticides
