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Bing-Yao Sun1, Hua-Lu Sui1, Zi-Wei Liu1

  • 1State Key Lab of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.

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研究人员通过对大肠杆菌中含有黄素的单氧化酶 (bFMO) 酶进行工程改造,增强了白血病治疗的印第鲁宾的产生. 这种以结构为导向的方法显著提高了酶活性和间接的产量.

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