L-2′-deoxythreose nucleoside phosphonates PMDTA and PMDTT possess potent anti-HIV activity. Herein, a novel class of 3′-C-branched-L-threose nucleoside phosphonate analogs, 5′-deoxy-3′-C-hydroxymethyl-3′-O-phosphonomethyl-Dxylose nucleosides, were synthesized and biologically evaluated. The key sugar intermediate 3-C-benzyloxymethyl-3-O-diethylphosphonomethyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D-5-deoxyxylose (8) was firstly synthesized, which may be an interesting scaffold for access to diverse 3′-C-branched L-threosyl nucleo-[a
There is still a large amount of ferulic acid (FA), an outstanding antioxidant, present in agricultural residues. Enzymatic hydrolysis has been regarded as the most effective way to release FA. This present study therefore selected feruloyl esterase (FAE) and xylanase (XYN) from the metagenomes of a cow rumen and a camel rumen, respectively, for their recombinant expression in Escherichia coli BL21 and further application in releasing FA. After screening the candidate signal peptides, the optimal one for each enzyme, which were selected as SP1 and SP4, respectively, was integrated into the vectors pET22b(+) and pETDuet-1. Among the generated E. coli strains SP1-F, SP4-X, and SP1-F-SP4-X that could express extracellular enzymes either separately or simultaneously, the latter one performed the best in relation to degrading the biomass and releasing FA. Under the optimized culture and induction conditions, the strain SP1-F-SP4-X released 90% of FA from 10% of de-starched wheat bran and produced 314.1 mg/L FA, which was deemed to be the highest obtained value to the best of our knowledge. This result could pave a way for the re-utilization of agricultural residues and enhancing their add-value.
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