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ArticleProtoplasma2014

Chloroplast molecular farming: efficient production of a thermostable xylanase by Nicotiana tabacum plants and long-term conservation of the recombinant enzyme.

Laura Pantaleoni, Paolo Longoni, Lorenzo Ferroni, Costanza Baldisserotto, Sadhu Leelavathi, Vanga Siva Reddy, Simonetta Pancaldi, Rino Cella

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Article in Protoplasma, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Laura PantaleoniDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
Paolo Longoni
Lorenzo Ferroni
Costanza Baldisserotto
Sadhu Leelavathi
Vanga Siva Reddy
Simonetta Pancaldi
Rino Cella
University of Ferrara · ITInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · INUniversity of Pavia · ITUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The high cost of recombinant enzymes for the production of biofuel from ligno-cellulosic biomass is a crucial factor affecting the economic sustainability of the process. The use of plants as biofactories for the production of the suitable recombinant enzymes might be an alternative to microbial fermentation. In the case of enzyme accumulation in chloroplasts, it is fundamental to focus on the issue of full photosynthetic efficiency of transplastomic plants in the field where they might be exposed to abiotic stress such as high light intensity and high temperature. Xylanases (EC 3.2.1.8), a group of enzymes that hydrolyse linear polysaccharides of beta-1,4-xylan into xylose, find an application in the biofuel industry favouring biomass saccharification along with other cell-wall degrading enzymes. In the present study, we analysed how a high level of accumulation of a thermostable xylanase in tobacco chloroplasts does not impact on photosynthetic performance of transplastomic plants grown outdoors. The recombinant enzyme was found to be stable during plant development, ex planta and after long-term storage.

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Molecular FarmingChloroplastsNicotianaPhotosynthesisPlants, Genetically ModifiedRecombinant ProteinsXylosidasesRecombinant ProteinsXylosidases

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PMID24158375
OpenAlexW2017977515

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