Publications by authors named "Simita Das"

Promysalin is an amphipathic antibiotic isolated from Pseudomonas promysalinigenes (previously Pseudomonas putida RW10S1) which shows potent antibacterial activities against Gram-negative pathogens by inactivating succinate dehydrogenase. Based on the in-vivo studies, promysalin is hypothesized to be assembled from three building blocks: salicylic acid, proline, and myristic acid via a proposed but uncharacterized hybrid NRPS-PKS biosynthetic pathway. So far, no in-vitro biosynthetic studies have been reported for this promising antibiotic.

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This study investigated the multifunctional attributes such as, antibacterial, antioxidant and anticancer potential of recombinant subtilisin. A codon-optimized subtilisin gene was synthesized from Bacillus subtilis and was successfully transformed into E. coli DH5α cells which was further induced for high level expression in E.

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Biosurfactants are eco-friendly surface-active molecules recommended for enhanced oil recovery techniques. In the present study, a potential lipopeptide (biosurfactant) encoding the iturin A gene was synthesized from . To improvise the yield of the lipopeptide for specific applications, current research tends toward engineering and expressing recombinant peptides.

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