Publications by authors named "Jia-Ren Cao"

Objectives: γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) is a non-protein amino acid, considered a potent bioactive compound. This study focused on biosynthesis of food-grade GABA by immobilized glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) from Lactobacillus plantarum in the rice vinegar and monosodium glutamate (MSG) reaction system.

Results: The gene encoding glutamate decarboxylase (GadB) from L.

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Transaminases that promote the amination of ketones into amines are an emerging class of biocatalysts for preparing a series of drugs and their intermediates. One of the main limitations of ()-selective amine transaminase from (-ATA) is its weak thermostability, with a half-life ( ) of only 6.9 min at 40°C.

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Amine transaminases are a class of efficient and industrially-desired biocatalysts for the production of chiral amines. In this study, stabilized variants of the (R)-selective amine transaminase from Aspergillus terreus (AT-ATA) were constructed by consensus mutagenesis. Using Consensus Finder (http://cbs-kazlab.

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