Publications by authors named "Gideane M Oliveira"
Article Synopsis
- Candida albicans is a common fungus that can cause infections, and a specific protein called CaMnt1 helps it grow and build its outer layer.
- Researchers have developed a new method to produce a high amount of this protein using special yeast and confirmed its structure using advanced technology.
- Understanding the structure of CaMnt1 is important because it might help create new medicines to fight against fungal infections.
Commercial interest in plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDE) is motivated by their potential for energy or bioproduct generation that reduced dependency on non-renewable (fossil-derived) feedstock. Therefore, underlying work analysed the Penicillium chrysogenum isolate for PCWDE production by employing different biomass as a carbon source. Among the produced enzymes, three xylanase isoforms were observed in the culture filtrate containing sugarcane bagasse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To isolate putative lipase enzymes by screening a Cerrado soil metagenomic library with novel features.
Results: Of 6720 clones evaluated, Clone W (10,000 bp) presented lipolytic activity and four predicted coding sequences, one of them LipW. Characterization of a predicted esterase/lipase, LipW, showed 28% sequence identity with an arylesterase from Pseudomonas fluorescens (pdb|3HEA) from protein database (PDB).