Author:Brady, D; Jordaan, JDate:10 Jul 2009Improvements in current carrier-based immobilisation strategies have been developed using hetero-functionalised supports that enhance the binding efficacy and stability through multipoint attachment. New commercial resins (Sepabeads) exhibit ...Read more
Author:Chhiba, Varsha P; Van der Westhuyzen, Christiaan W; Bode, M; Brady, DDate:Jun 2019Commercially, nitrilases are valuable biocatalysts capable of converting a diverse range of nitriles to carboxylic acids for the greener synthesis of chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Nitrilases are widespread in nature and are both important ...Read more
Author:Visser, Daniel F; Hennessy, F; Rashamuse, KJ; Louw, ME; Brady, DDate:Mar 2010A purine nucleoside phosphorylase from the alkaliphile Bacillus halodurans Alk36 has been cloned and over expressed in E. coli. The purified enzyme had a kcat of 2.03 x 10-9 s-1 and a km of 206 µM on guanosine. The optimal pH range was between ...Read more
Author:Steenkamp, Lucia H; Brady, DDate:Jun 2010The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug naproxen is most effective as the single S-naproxen enantiomer. However, typical synthetic routes to naproxen yield the racemate of both the R and the S stereoisomers. Biocatalysts can be used to resolve ...Read more
Author:Wellington, Kevin W; Steenkamp, P; Brady, DDate:Feb 2010Nuclear diamination of p-hydrobenzoquinones with aromatic and aliphatic primary amines was catalyzed by a immobilised commercial laccase, Denilite II Base, from Novozymes. The amine and the p-hydrobenzoquinone was reacted under mild conditions ...Read more
Author:Chhiba, Varsha P; Bode, M; Mathiba, K; Kwezi, Lusisizwe; Brady, DDate:Apr 2012A range of ß-aminonitriles (3-amino-3-phenylpropanenitrile and derivatives) were synthesised by reaction of various benzonitriles with acetonitrile and subsequent reduction of the resulting acrylonitrile products. These compounds were hydrolysed ...Read more
Author:Twala, BV; Sewell, BT; Jordaan, JDate:Mar 2012The use of enzymes in industrial applications is limited by their instability, cost and difficulty in their recovery and re-use. Immobilisation is a technique which has been shown to alleviate these limitations in biocatalysis. Here we describe ...Read more
Author:Wellington, Kevin W; Kolesnikova, NIDate:May 2012Nuclear monoamination of a 1,4-naphthohydroquinone with primary aromatic amines was catalysed by the commercial laccase, Novozym 51003, from Novozymes to afford aminonaphthoquinones. The synthesis was accomplished by reacting a mixture of the ...Read more
Author:Wellington, Kevin W; Qwebani-Ogunleye, T; Kolesnikova, NI; Brady, D; De Koning, CBDate:Apr 2013A commercial laccase, Suberase® from Novozymes, was used to catalyse the synthesis of 5,6-dihydroxylated benzo[b]furans and catechol derivatives. The yields were, in some cases, similar to or better than that obtained by other enzymatic, ...Read more
Author:Visser, Daniel F; Hennessy F; Rashamuse J; Pletschke B; Brady DDate:Aug 2010Uridine phosphorylase from Escherichia coli was evolved by iterative saturation mutagenesis. The best mutant showed a temperature optimum of 60C and a half-life of 17.3 h at 60C. The mutant enzyme, as well as a purine nucleoside phosphorylase ...Read more
Author:Mashweu, AR; Bode, ML; Brady, D; Chhiba, Varsha PDate:2020The aromatic substrate profile of the cobalt nitrile hydratase from Rhodococcus rhodochrous ATCC BAA 870 was evaluated against a wide range of nitrile containing compounds (>60). To determine the substrate limits of this enzyme, compounds ...Read more