Methods and materials related to producing D-lactic acid are disclosed. Specifically, isolated synthetic or natural nucleic acids, synthetic or natural polypeptides, host cells, and methods and materials for producing D-lactic acid by direct fermentation from carbon sources are disclosed, along with methods of preparing D-lactic acid polymers.

The present invention is directed to compositions comprising hydrolase-secreting bacteria and fermenting microorganisms and use thereof, such as for fermentative production of ethanol.

Provided are an optimized proDer f1 gene, a proDer f1 protein encoded thereby, a vector comprising said gene, and a Pichia pastoris strain. Also provided are an expression method and a purification method of the proDer f1 protein.

Provided herein a re composition and process for using an electrochemical device for the reduction of the oxidized state of phosphorylated or non-phosphorylated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide to the reduced state in which unwanted products of the electrochemical reduction are recovered as the oxidized state of the phosphorylated or non-phosphorylated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and returned to the electrochemical device for reduction.

Methods and materials related to producing glyceric acid and downstream products are disclosed. Specifically, isolated nucleic acids, polypeptides, host cells, methods and materials for producing glycolic acid by direct fermentation from sugars are disclosed.

The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to compositions, methods, and/or kits for producing vaccinia capping enzyme. For example, active, heterodimers of vaccinia capping enzyme may be produced as fusions comprising D1 and D12 subunits. Vaccinia capping enzyme fusion proteins may further comprise a linker.

7-hydroxylation systems are provided, as well as methods for producing ?P-hydroxy derivatives of lithocholic acid and 3-keto-lithocholic acid from such systems. Also provided are recombinant organisms useful for the production of such enzymatic systems, and to plasmids that encode for such enzymes.

Provided is a nucleic acid molecule of a codon optimized precursor gene and signal peptide gene of a human insulin analogue. The nucleic acid molecule comprises a nucleic acid molecule encoding the precursor of the fusion insulin analogue and a nucleic acid molecule encoding the yeast secreting signal peptide -factor. The nucleic acid molecule improves the expression of the precursor of the insulin analogue in Pichia Pastoris, and reduces the production cost of the human insulin analogue.

The present invention relates to granulysin, method of obtaining same, and uses, specifically to the granulysin polypeptide for the use thereof as a medicinal product via the systemic route and to a chimeric molecule comprising a recombinant antibody targeting a tumor antigen and the granulysin polypeptide.

A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.