Volume 44, Issue 4-5

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May 2017

Special Issue: Arnold Demain - Industrial Microbiologist Extraordinaire

Issue Editors:

Richard H. Baltz,
Erick J. Vandamme,
Lixin Zhang,
Ramon Gonzalez

28 articles in this issue

Introduction to the Special Issue: “Arnold Demain—Industrial Microbiologist Extraordinaire”
Richard H. Baltz
Erick Vandamme
Ramon Gonzalez
Editorial 27 April 2017 Pages: 503 - 503
Arny Demain

Commentary 27 April 2017 Pages: 505 - 506
On being an honorary member of Arny’s army: some musings about fungal fermentations, secondary metabolism, and scientific communities
Joan Wennstrom Bennett
Commentary 27 April 2017 Pages: 507 - 516
δ-(l-α-aminoadipyl)-l-cysteinyl-d-valine synthetase (ACVS): discovery and perspectives
Kapil Tahlan
Marcus A. Moore
Susan E. Jensen
Genetics and Molecular Biology of Industrial Organisms - Review 20 October 2016 Pages: 517 - 524
Key role of LaeA and velvet complex proteins on expression of β-lactam and PR-toxin genes in Penicillium chrysogenum: cross-talk regulation of secondary metabolite pathways
Juan F. Martín
Natural Products - Review 26 August 2016 Pages: 525 - 535
An overview of rapamycin: from discovery to future perspectives
Young Ji Yoo
Hanseong Kim
Yeo Joon Yoon
Genetics and Molecular Biology of Industrial Organisms - Review 09 September 2016 Pages: 537 - 553
Biosynthesis, regulation, and engineering of a linear polyketide tautomycetin: a novel immunosuppressant in Streptomyces sp. CK4412
Si-Sun Choi
Hee-Ju Nah
Eung-Soo Kim
Natural Products - Review 12 October 2016 Pages: 555 - 561
A novel mechanism of immunity controls the onset of cinnamycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces cinnamoneus DSM 40646
Sean O’Rourke
David Widdick
Mervyn Bibb
Genetics and Molecular Biology of Industrial Organisms - Original Paper Open access 17 November 2016 Pages: 563 - 572
Gifted microbes for genome mining and natural product discovery
Richard H. Baltz
Natural Products - Review 12 August 2016 Pages: 573 - 588
Madurastatin B3, a rare aziridine derivative from actinomycete Nocardiopsis sp. LS150010 with potent anti-tuberculosis activity
Xinjun Zhang
Hongtao He
Fuhang Song
Natural Products - Original Paper 08 February 2017 Pages: 589 - 594
Comparative metabolomics reveals the mechanism of avermectin production enhancement by S-adenosylmethionine
Pingping Tian
Peng Cao
Qiang Gao
Applied Genomics & Systems Biotechnology - Original Paper 17 December 2016 Pages: 595 - 604
Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for poly-3-hydroxybutyrate production
Zheng-Jun Li
Kangjian Qiao
Gregory Stephanopoulos
Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology - Original Paper 08 November 2016 Pages: 605 - 612
Biobased production of alkanes and alkenes through metabolic engineering of microorganisms
Min-Kyoung Kang
Jens Nielsen
Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology - Review Open access 26 August 2016 Pages: 613 - 622
Tailor-made transcriptional biosensors for optimizing microbial cell factories
Brecht De Paepe
Gert Peters
Marjan De Mey
Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology - Review 11 November 2016 Pages: 623 - 645
Strategies for manipulation of oxygen utilization by the electron transfer chain in microbes for metabolic engineering purposes
George N. Bennett
Ka-Yiu San
Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology - Review 31 October 2016 Pages: 647 - 658
Bioproduction of riboflavin: a bright yellow history
José Luis Revuelta
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Alberto Jiménez
Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology - Review 30 September 2016 Pages: 659 - 665
Engineering an ATP-dependent d-Ala:d-Ala ligase for synthesizing amino acid amides from amino acids
Yuta Miki
Seiji Okazaki
Yasuhisa Asano
Biocatalysis - Original Paper 01 September 2016 Pages: 667 - 675
Characterization of an α-amino-ɛ-caprolactam racemase with broad substrate specificity from Citreicella sp. SE45
Wisarut Payoungkiattikun
Seiji Okazaki
Yasuhisa Asano
Biocatalysis - Original Paper 20 August 2016 Pages: 677 - 685
Correlated positions in protein evolution and engineering
Jorick Franceus
Tom Verhaeghe
Tom Desmet
Biocatalysis - Review 11 August 2016 Pages: 687 - 695
Efficient bioconversion of l-glutamate to γ-aminobutyric acid by Lactobacillus brevis resting cells
Xiufeng Shi
Chuanyou Chang
Qiang Gao
Biocatalysis - Review 07 May 2016 Pages: 697 - 704
Engineering deacetoxycephalosporin C synthase as a catalyst for the bioconversion of penicillins
Keqiang Fan
Baixue Lin
Keqian Yang
Biocatalysis - Review 08 November 2016 Pages: 705 - 710
Improving the ‘tool box’ for robust industrial enzymes
J. A. Littlechild
Biocatalysis - Mini-Review Open access 11 April 2017 Pages: 711 - 720
Crossing boundaries: the importance of cellular membranes in industrial biotechnology
Sylwia Jezierska
Inge N. A. Van Bogaert
Fermentation, Cell Culture and Bioengineering - Review 11 November 2016 Pages: 721 - 733
Potential application of glycerol in the production of plant beneficial microorganisms
Nikolay Vassilev
Eligio Malusa
Maria Vassileva
Fermentation, Cell Culture and Bioengineering - Review 11 August 2016 Pages: 735 - 743
Determining the roles of the three alcohol dehydrogenases (AdhA, AdhB and AdhE) in Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus during ethanol formation
Jilai Zhou
Xiongjun Shao
Lee R. Lynd
Bioenergy/Biofuels/Biochemicals - Original Paper 11 January 2017 Pages: 745 - 757
Functional genomics analysis of free fatty acid production under continuous phosphate limiting conditions
J. Tyler Youngquist
Travis C. Korosh
Brian F. Pfleger
Applied Genomics & Systems Biotechnology - Review 13 October 2016 Pages: 759 - 772
Biomanufacturing: history and perspective
Yi-Heng Percival Zhang
Jibin Sun
Yanhe Ma
Bioenergy/Biofuels/Biochemicals - Review 11 November 2016 Pages: 773 - 784
Advancement in bioprocess technology: parallels between microbial natural products and cell culture biologics
Arpan A. Bandyopadhyay
Anurag Khetan
Wei-Shou Hu
Fermentation, Cell Culture and Bioengineering - Review 09 February 2017 Pages: 785 - 797

Volume 44, Issue 4-5

Introduction to the Special Issue: “Arnold Demain—Industrial Microbiologist Extraordinaire”

Arny Demain

On being an honorary member of Arny’s army: some musings about fungal fermentations, secondary metabolism, and scientific communities

δ-(l-α-aminoadipyl)-l-cysteinyl-d-valine synthetase (ACVS): discovery and perspectives

Key role of LaeA and velvet complex proteins on expression of β-lactam and PR-toxin genes in Penicillium chrysogenum: cross-talk regulation of secondary metabolite pathways

An overview of rapamycin: from discovery to future perspectives

Biosynthesis, regulation, and engineering of a linear polyketide tautomycetin: a novel immunosuppressant in Streptomyces sp. CK4412

A novel mechanism of immunity controls the onset of cinnamycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces cinnamoneus DSM 40646

Gifted microbes for genome mining and natural product discovery

Madurastatin B3, a rare aziridine derivative from actinomycete Nocardiopsis sp. LS150010 with potent anti-tuberculosis activity

Comparative metabolomics reveals the mechanism of avermectin production enhancement by S-adenosylmethionine

Engineering Yarrowia lipolytica for poly-3-hydroxybutyrate production

Biobased production of alkanes and alkenes through metabolic engineering of microorganisms

Tailor-made transcriptional biosensors for optimizing microbial cell factories

Strategies for manipulation of oxygen utilization by the electron transfer chain in microbes for metabolic engineering purposes

Bioproduction of riboflavin: a bright yellow history

Engineering an ATP-dependent d-Ala:d-Ala ligase for synthesizing amino acid amides from amino acids

Characterization of an α-amino-ɛ-caprolactam racemase with broad substrate specificity from Citreicella sp. SE45

Correlated positions in protein evolution and engineering

Efficient bioconversion of l-glutamate to γ-aminobutyric acid by Lactobacillus brevis resting cells

Engineering deacetoxycephalosporin C synthase as a catalyst for the bioconversion of penicillins

Improving the ‘tool box’ for robust industrial enzymes

Crossing boundaries: the importance of cellular membranes in industrial biotechnology

Potential application of glycerol in the production of plant beneficial microorganisms

Determining the roles of the three alcohol dehydrogenases (AdhA, AdhB and AdhE) in Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus during ethanol formation

Functional genomics analysis of free fatty acid production under continuous phosphate limiting conditions

Biomanufacturing: history and perspective

Advancement in bioprocess technology: parallels between microbial natural products and cell culture biologics

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