Role of β-hydroxybutyrate, its polymer poly-β-hydroxybutyrate and inorganic polyphosphate in mammalian health and disease [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2014 We provide a comprehensive review of the role of β-hydroxybutyrate (β-OHB), its linear polymer poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) in mammalian health and disease.
Elena N. Dedkova, Lothar A. Blatter
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Virulence-inhibitory activity of the degradation product 3-hydroxybutyrate explains the protective effect of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate against the major aquaculture pathogen Vibrio campbellii [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 The bacterial storage compound poly-β-hydroxybutyrate, a polymer of the short-chain fatty acid 3-hydroxybutyrate, has been reported to protect various aquatic animals from bacterial disease. In order to obtain a better mechanistic insight, we aimed to (1)
Tom Defoirdt +2 more
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Engineering Escherichia coli for Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate Production from Methanol [PDF]
Bioengineering, 2023 The naturally occurring one-carbon assimilation pathways for the production of acetyl-CoA and its derivatives often have low product yields because of carbon loss as CO2.
Jiaying Wang +4 more
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Co-utilization of glucose and xylose for the production of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) by Sphingomonas sanxanigenens NX02 [PDF]
Microbial Cell Factories, 2023 Background Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), produced by a variety of microbial organisms, is a good substitute for petrochemically derived plastics due to its excellent properties such as biocompatibility and biodegradability.
Yue Ming +7 more
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Developing poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(β-hydroxybutyrate)-based self-assembling prodrug for the management of cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury [PDF]
Science and Technology of Advanced MaterialsAlthough β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), one of the endogenous body ketones, possesses high bioactivities, it is rapidly consumed, metabolized, and eliminated from the body.
Duc Tri Bui, Yukio Nagasaki
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A Carotenoid- and Poly-β-Hydroxybutyrate-Free Mutant Strain of
mSphere, 2019 Gellan gum is a microbial exopolysaccharide, produced after aerobic fermentation using the Gram-negative bacterium strain Sphingomonas elodea ATCC 31461.
Ang Li +12 more
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Photosynthetic poly-β-hydroxybutyrate accumulation in unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6714 [PDF]
AMB Express, 2017 Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from CO2 has the potential to reduce the production cost of this biodegradable polyesters, and also to make the material more sustainable compared to utilization of sugar feedstocks.
Donya Kamravamanesh +5 more
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Utilization of shrimp wastewater for poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production by Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 strain ΔSphU cultivated in photobioreactor [PDF]
Biotechnology Reports, 2019 The wastewater discharge from the intensive shrimp aquaculture contains high concentration of nutrients, which can lead to eutrophication. This study aimed to reuse the shrimp wastewater for low cost cyanobacterial cultivation to produce biodegradable ...
Nattawut Krasaesueb +2 more
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The stringent response regulates the poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) synthesis in Azotobacter vinelandii. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe stringent response exerted by (p)ppGpp and RNA-polymerase binding protein DksA regulates gene expression in diverse bacterial species. To control gene expression (p)ppGpp, synthesized by enzymes RelA and SpoT, interacts with two sites within the RNA ...
Cristian Camilo Ortiz-Vasco +4 more
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Quantitative Determination of Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 [PDF]
Bio-Protocol, 2017 Cyanobacteria synthesize a variety of chemically-different, high-value biopolymers such as glycogen (polyglucose), poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), cyanophycin (polyamide of arginine and aspartic acid) and volutin (polyphosphate) under excess conditions ...
Yvonne Zilliges, Ramon Damrow
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