The present application relates to a psicose-6-phosphate phosphatase comprising motif A and motif B, a composition for producing D-psicose comprising the enzyme, and a method for producing D-psicose using the enzyme.

Embodiments of the invention stimulate three levels of beta cell physiology: (i) glucose metabolism, (ii) membrane receptor function, and (iii) transcriptional factors that result in the in vivo formation of beta cells in the pancreas for the purpose of treating diabetes. In certain aspects, the methods include the integration of three levels of cellular physiology: metabolism, membrane receptor function, and gene transcription. The integration of multiple levels of cellular physiology produces a synergistic effect on beta cell formation.

Provided is a recombinant polynucleotide including a promoter region derived from an acetic acid-producing bacterium and a polynucleotide sequence encoding a target protein operably linked to the promoter, a host cell including the same, and a method of expressing a target gene or protein using the host cell.

The present invention relates to oleaginous yeast strains overexpressing a hexokinase gene, wherein said strains are capable of accumulating lipids. Methods for obtaining said strains as well as methods for producing lipids are also disclosed.

Embodiments of the invention stimulate three levels of beta cell physiology: (i) glucose metabolism, (ii) membrane receptor function, and (iii) transcriptional factors that result in the in vivo formation of beta cells in the pancreas for the purpose of treating diabetes. In certain aspects, the methods include the integration of three levels of cellular physiology: metabolism, membrane receptor function, and gene transcription. The integration of multiple levels of cellular physiology produces a synergistic effect on beta cell formation.

A method for producing glucose and derivatives thereof by means of biotransformation with a recombinant yeast, which belongs to the technical field of synthetic biology. A construction method comprises any one of the following steps: i, knocking out metabolic pathway-related enzymes of glucose and derivatives thereof in a yeast strain; ii, enhancing or using an activity of synthetic pathway-related enzymes of glucose and derivatives thereof in the yeast strain; and iii, enhancing or using a capability of glucose and derivatives thereof in the yeast strain to enter and exit the yeast. Further provided are a recombinant yeast strain capable of producing glucose or derivatives thereof at a high yield and the use thereof in the conversion of a non-grain low-carbon carbon source. The low-carbon non-grain carbon source synthesized by means of using photoelectrocatalysis or traditional chemical industry is used as a substrate, and rapid preparation of food product raw materials glucose and derivatives thereof from the non-grain carbon source is realized by means of recombinant yeast cells.

The invention is related to materials and methods for production of carminic acid from substrates. The invention provides methods and materials for cell-free bioproduction of carminic acid.

The invention relates to a lactose-positive, galactose-negative, Streptococcus thermophilus strain carrying a mutation in 2 or 3 genes selected from the group consisting of 1) a gene encoding a protein of the mannose-glucose-specific PTS and a glcK gene, 2) a gene encoding a protein of the mannose-glucose-specific PTS and a ccpA gene, and 3) a gene encoding a protein of the mannose-glucose-specific PTS, a glcK gene and a ccpA gene, wherein said strain, when used to ferment milk, provides a low lactose fermented milk and/or a fermented milk not undergoing acidification when stored at fermentation temperature.

The invention relates to a viral expression construct and related viral vector and composition and to their use wherein said construct and vector comprise elements a) and b): a) a nucleotide sequence encoding an insulin operably linked to a first promoter, b) a nucleotide sequence encoding a glucokinase operably linked to a second promoter and said viral expression construct and related viral vector comprise at least one of elements c), d) and e): c) the first and the second promoters are positioned in reverse orientation within the expression construct, d) the first and the second promoters are positioned in reverse orientation within the expression construct and are located adjacent to each other and e) the first promoter is a CMV promoter, preferably a mini CMV promoter.

The present invention relates to lactose-positive, sucrose-negative, Streptococcus thermophilus strains. The strains are carrying one or more mutation in one or more gene of the sucrose regulon and optionally one or more further mutation affecting the glucose porter, such as affecting glcU and/or its expression. The strains of the present invention may further carry mutations in genes encoding a protein of the mannose-glucose-specific PTS and a glucokinase, a protein of the mannose-glucose-specific PTS and the catabolite control protein A (CcpA), and/or a protein of the mannose-glucose-specific PTS, a glucokinase and CcpA. The inventive strains may, when fermenting milk do this without the need or with a need for adding a reduced amount of sucrose, optionally providing a low-lactose fermented milk and/or a fermented milk not undergoing post-acidification when stored at fermentation temperature. The invention also concerns a composition comprising at least one, lactose-positive, sucrose-negative, Streptococcus thermophilus strain of the invention, and the use of this strain or composition to manufacture a fermented dairy product.