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Balvers, M.G.J. (author), Verhoeckx, K.C.M. (author), Plastina, P. (author), Wortelboer, H.M. (author), Meijerink, J. (author), Witkamp, R.F. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)n-3 PUFAs have beneficial health effects which are believed to be partly related to their anti-inflammatory properties, however the exact mechanisms behind this are unknown. One possible explanation could be via their conversion to N-acyl ethanolamines (NAEs), which are known to possess anti-inflammatory properties. Using fatty acid precursors...article 2010
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Adav, S.S. (author), Li, A.A. (author), Manavalan, A. (author), Punt, P. (author), Sze, S.K. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The natural lifestyle of Aspergillus niger made them more effective secretors of hydrolytic proteins and becomes critical when this species were exploited as hosts for the commercial secretion of heterologous proteins. The protein secretion profile of A. niger and its mutant at different pH was explored using iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics...article 2010
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Yuan, X.-L. (author), van der Kaaij, R.M. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), Ram, A.F.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The filamentous ascomycete Aspergillus niger is well known for its ability to produce a large variety of enzymes for the degradation of plant polysaccharide material. A major carbon and energy source for this soil fungus is starch, which can be degraded by the concerted action of α-amylase, glucoamylase and α-glucosidase enzymes, members of the...article 2008
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Goosen, C. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The purified exo-inulinase enzyme of Aspergillus niger N402 (AngInuE; heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli) displayed a sucrose:inulin (S/I) hydrolysis ratio of 2.3, characteristic for a typical exo-inulinase. The enzyme also had significant transfructosylating activity with increasing sucrose concentrations, producing various...article 2008
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Noort, D. (author), van Zuylen, A. (author), Fidder, A. (author), van Ommen, B. (author), Hulst, A.G. (author), TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author)Biomonitoring of exposure to the insecticide permethrin is usually performed by analysis of its urinary metabolites 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA) or cis/trans-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (Cl2CA). We are engaged in the development of a methodology to assess the cumulative internal dose of exposure to...article 2008
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), van Wezel, G.P. (author), Krabben, P. (author), Traag, B.A. (author), Keijser, B.J.F. (author), Kerste, R. (author), Vijgenboom, E. (author), Heijnen, J.J. (author), Kraal, B. (author)Filamentous actinomycetes are commercially widely used as producers of natural products (in particular antibiotics) and of industrial enzymes. However, the mycelial lifestyle of actinomycetes, resulting in highly viscous broths and unfavorable pellet formation, has been a major bottleneck in their commercialization. Here we describe the...article 2006
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Kralj, S. (author), van Geel-Schutten, G.H. (author), Faber, E.J. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Glucansucrase or glucosyltransferase (GTF) enzymes of lactic acid bacteria display high sequence similarity but catalyze synthesis of different α-glucans (e.g., dextran, mutan, alternan, and reuteran) from sucrose. The variations in glucosidic linkage specificity observed in products of different glucansucrase enzymes appear to be based on...article 2005
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te Biesebeke, R. (author), Record, E. (author), van Biezen, N. (author), Heerikhuisen, M. (author), Franken, A. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)To study the relation between the number of hyphal tips and protein secretion during growth on a solid substrate, we have constructed two mutant strains of Aspergillus oryzae with increased hyphal branching. We have analysed hydrolytic enzyme activities during growth on wheat kernels (WK) of A. oryzae strains carrying the disrupted allele of the...article 2005
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van Hijum, S.A.F.T. (author), Szalowska, E. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), TNO Voeding Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Lactobacillus reuteri strain 121 employs a fructosyltransferase (FTF) to synthesize a fructose polymer [a fructan of the levan type, with β(2→6) linkages] from sucrose or raffinose. Purification of this FTF (a levansucrase), and identification of peptide amino acid sequences, allowed isolation of the first Lactobacillus levansucrase gene (lev),...article 2004
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Record, E. (author), Asther, M. (author), Sigoillot, C. (author), Pagès, S. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), Delattre, M. (author), Haon, M. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Sigoillot, J.C. (author), Lesage-Meessen, L. (author), Asther, M. (author), TNO Voeding (author)A well-known industrial fungus for enzyme production, Aspergillus niger, was selected to produce the feruloyl esterase FAEA by homologous overexpression for pulp bleaching application. The gpd gene promoter was used to drive FAEA expression. Changing the nature and concentration of the carbon source nature (maltose to glucose; from 2.5 to 60 g l...article 2003
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Lokman, B.C. (author), Joosten, V. (author), Hovenkamp, J. (author), Gouka, R.J. (author), Verrips, C.T. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author)The heterologous production of Arthromyces ramosus peroxidase (ARP) was analysed in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus awamori under control of the inducible endoxylanase promoter. Secretion of active ARP was achieved up to 800 mg l-1 in shake flask cultures. Western blot analysis showed that an rARP product of the correct molecular weight was...article 2003
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TNO Voeding Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author), van Hijum, S.A.F.T. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author)Inulosucrases catalyze transfer of a fructose moiety from sucrose to a water molecule (hydrolysis) or to an acceptor molecule (transferase), yielding inulin. Bacterial inulin production is rare and a biochemical analysis of inulosucrase enzymes has not been reported. Here we report biochemical characteristics of a purified recombinant...article 2003
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van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), van der Veen, B. (author), Uitdehaag, J.C.M. (author), Leemhuis, H. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Starch is a major storage product of many economically important crops such as wheat, rice, maize, tapioca, and potato. A large-scale starch processing industry has emerged in the last century. In the past decades, we have seen a shift from the acid hydrolysis of starch to the use of starch-converting enzymes in the production of maltodextrin,...article 2002
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Giltay, E.J. (author), Gooren, L.J.G. (author), Emeis, J.J. (author), Kooistra, T. (author), Stehouwer, C.D.A. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Oral estrogen administration decreases plasma levels of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA), which may be explained by a decrease in endothelial tPA synthesis, an increase in its hepatic clearance, or both. In the present study, we determined (1) differences between oral (ie, via the liver) ethinyl estradiol and transdermal (ie, systemic)...article 2000
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Swift, R.J. (author), Karandikar, A. (author), Griffen, A.M. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Robson, G.D. (author), Trinci, A.P.J. (author), Wiebe, M.G. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Aspergillus niger B1, a recombinant strain carrying 20 extra copies of the native glucoamylase gene, was grown in glucose-limited chemostat cultures supplemented with various organic nitrogen sources (dilution rate 0.12 ± 0.01 h-1, pH 5.4). In cultures supplemented with L-alanine, L-methionine, casamino acids, or peptone, specific glucoamylase ...article 2000
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Conesa, A. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)To get insight into the limiting factors existing for the efficient production of fungal peroxidase in filamentous fungi, the expression of the Phanerochaete chrysosporium lignin peroxidase H8 (lipA) and manganese peroxidase (MnP) H4 (mnp1) genes in Aspergillus niger has been studied. For this purpose, a protease-deficient A. niger strain and...article 2000
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van Gemeren, I.A. (author), Beijersbergen, A. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Verrips, C.T. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Several cutinase variants derived by molecular modelling and site- directed mutagenesis of a cutinase gene from Fusarium solani pisi are poorly secreted by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The majority of these variants are successfully produced by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus awamori. However, the L51S and T179Y mutations caused reductions in...article 1998
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Zhu, Y. (author), Rinzema, A. (author), Bonarius, H.P.J. (author), Tramper, J. (author), Bol, J. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Metabolic flows, especially those of amino acids, were determined and analyzed at different stages of a batch fermentation for microbial transglutaminase production by Streptoverticillium mobaraense. The method is mainly based on mass balances and measurements of amino acids and other metabolites. The measurements included the consumption rate...article 1998
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Beekman, B. (author), Verzijl, N. (author), de Roos, J.A.D.M. (author), TeKoppele, J.M. (author), Instituut voor Verouderings- en Vaatziekten Onderzoek TNO (author)Objective: To determine the role of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in the degradation of proteoglycans and collagen by articular chondrocytes. Design: Chondrocytes were cultured in alginate beads for 2 weeks to produce extracellular matrix, followed by the addition of IL-1β for 1 or 2 days. Breakdown of extracellular matrix (with and without activation...article 1998
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Withers, J.M. (author), Swift, R.J. (author), Wiebe, M.G. (author), Robson, G.D. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)When grown on a medium containing 5 g maltodextrin L-1, Aspergillus niger transformant N402[pAB6-10]B1, which has an additional 20 copies of the glucoamylase (glaA) gene, produced 320 ± 8 mg (mean ± S.E.) glucoamylase (GAM) L-1 in batch culture and 373 ± 9 mg GAM L-1 in maltodextrin- limited chemostat culture at a dilution rate of 0.13 h-1....article 1998
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