A nanoparticle (for example, quantum dot) serves as a substrate for immobilizing enzymes involved in consecutive reactions as a cascade. This results in a significant increase in the rate of catalysis as well as final product yield compared to non-immobilized enzymes.

The present disclosure relates, in some aspects, to cell-free methods and systems for large-scale conversion of methane to isobutanol, comprising combining, in a bioreactor at elevated pressure, methane, oxygen, and cell lysates containing methane monooxygenase, methanol dehydrogenase, and enzymes that catalyze the conversion of formaldehyde to isobutanol, to form a cell-free reaction mixture, and incubating under suitable conditions the cell-free reaction to convert methane to isobutanol.

A genetically engineered yeast cell capable of producing lactate having increased TPI activity, a method of preparing the yeast cell, and a method of producing lactate by using the yeast cell.

The present disclosure relates, in some aspects, to cell-free methods and systems for large-scale conversion of methane to isobutanol, comprising combining, in a bioreactor at elevated pressure, methane, oxygen, and cell lysates containing methane monooxygenase, methanol dehydrogenase, and enzymes that catalyze the conversion of formaldehyde to isobutanol, to form a cell-free reaction mixture, and incubating under suitable conditions the cell-free reaction to convert methane to isobutanol.

Quantum dots (QDs) and nanoplatelets (NPLs) are two types of nanoparticles used as scaffolds for enzymes operating in enzymatic cascades. Combinations of QDs and NPLs were surprisingly found to operate synergistically to create a greater enhancement than either alone when operating as scaffolds for enzymatic cascade reactions. A process involves providing an enzymatic cascade including a cluster of nanoparticles including both QDs and NPLs and having a plurality of enzymes bound thereto, the enzymes configured as an enzymatic cascade, such that the product of a first enzyme is a substrate of a second enzyme; contacting the cascade cluster with a substrate of the first enzyme; and allowing a reaction to proceed so that each of the plurality of enzymes acts in succession to produce an end product. The enzymes are bound to the nanoparticles via metal affinity coordination between histidine tags on the enzymes and zinc-containing surfaces of the nanoparticles.

The present invention provides a multifunctional multispecific multimeric biomolecule polymer which is formed by obtaining a biomolecule, to which a ubiquitin C-terminal tag is bound, by recombinantly expressing the biomolecule from a host cell, and polyubiquitinating, in vitro, the biomolecule along with a substrate, and proteins E1 (activation enzyme), E2 (conjugation enzyme) and E3 (ligase) which are involved in ubiquitination, and thus having the biomolecule bind to a polyubiquitin scaffold which is formed by covalently bonding two or more ubiquitins. The biomolecule of the present invention may be one or more selected from the group consisting of a protein, peptide, polypeptide, antibody, antibody fragment, DNA and RNA, and, for example, by using heterologous proteins, modularized functionality may be imparted to the multifunctional multispecific biomolecule polymer. In addition, according to the present invention, the multifunctional multispecific multimeric biomolecule polymer is provided in a form that is bound to a molecule capable of increasing the in vivo duration, and thus may be used for producing drugs requiring the increased in vivo duration of efficacy.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a probiotic extract, wherein the extract comprises a protein fraction derived from a secretion or lysate and having proteins of a molecular weight of up to 100 kDa. The composition may have a number of uses, such as for use in the prevention, management or treatment of bacterial infection or the enhancement and improvement of skin health.