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Enzymatic racemization of alcohols and amines: An approach for bi‐enzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution by Musa, Musa M.

“…Racemization is the key step to turn a kinetic resolution (KR), which suffers from the well‐known drawback of being limited to a maximum yield of 50% with high…”
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Controlling Substrate Specificity and Stereospecificity of Alcohol Dehydrogenases by Nealon, Christopher M, Musa, Musa M, Patel, Jay M, Phillips, Robert S

“…The ability to control the substrate specificity and stereochemistry of enzymatic reactions is of increasing interest in biocatalysis. As this review…”
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Current Status of and Future Perspectives in Bacterial Degradation of Benzo[a]pyrene by Nzila, Alexis, Musa, Musa M

“…Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) is one the main pollutants belonging to the high-molecular-weight PAHs (HMW-PAHs) class and its degradation by microorganisms remains an…”
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Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenases from Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus and Thermoanaerobacter brockii as Robust Catalysts by Musa, Musa M., Vieille, Claire, Phillips, Robert S.

“…Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) are an important type of enzyme that have significant applications as biocatalysts. Secondary ADHs from Thermoanaerobacter…”
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Alcohol Dehydrogenases with anti‐Prelog Stereopreference in Synthesis of Enantiopure Alcohols by Musa, Musa M.

“…Biocatalytic production of both enantiomers of optically active alcohols with high enantiopurities is of great interest in industry. Alcohol dehydrogenases…”
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Degradation of benzo[a]pyrene by halophilic bacterial strain Staphylococcus haemoliticus strain 10SBZ1A by Nzila, Alexis, Musa, Musa M, Sankara, Saravanan, Al-Momani, Marwan, Xiang, Lei, Li, Qing X

“…The exploitation of petroleum oil generates a considerable amount of "produced water or petroleum waste effluent (PWE)" that is contaminated with polycyclic…”
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Oxidation of Cyclohexane to Cyclohexanol/Cyclohexanone Using Sol‐Gel‐Encapsulated Unspecific Peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerita by Wu, Yinqi, Hollmann, Frank, Musa, Musa M.

“…Unspecific peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerite (AaeUPO) is a remarkable catalyst for the oxyfunctionalization of non‐activated C−H bonds under mild conditions…”
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Expanding the Substrate Specificity of Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase by a Dual Site Mutation by Musa, Musa M., Bsharat, Odey, Karume, Ibrahim, Vieille, Claire, Takahashi, Masateru, Hamdan, Samir M.

“…Here, we report the asymmetric reduction of selected phenyl‐ring‐containing ketones by various single‐ and dual‐site mutants of Thermoanaerobacter…”
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Pyrene biodegradation and proteomic analysis in Achromobacter xylosoxidans, PY4 strain by Nzila, Alexis, Ramirez, Camila Ortega, Musa, Musa M., Sankara, Saravanan, Basheer, Chanbasha, Li, Qing X.

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are environmental pollutants from incomplete combustion and petroleum products. As the molecular weight increases, PAHs…”
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Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene and anthracene using a microalgal-bacterial consortium by Hoque, Mubasher Zahir, Alqahtani, Abdulrahman, Sankaran, Saravanan, Anand, Deepak, Musa, Musa M, Nzila, Alexis, Guerriero, Gea, Siddiqui, Khawar Sohail, Ahmad, Irshad

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are chemicals that are released into the environment during activities of the petroleum industry. The bioaccumulation,…”
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Switching the Stereopreference of TeSADH: Enabling Anti‐Prelog Asymmetric Reduction of Aryl‐Ring‐Containing Ketones by Sardauna, Auwal Eshi, Abdulrasheed, Muhammad, Takahashi, Masateru, Takahashi, Etsuko, Hamdan, Samir M., Musa, Musa M.

“…The biocatalytic asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones offers a promising approach for producing optically active secondary alcohols. Alcohol…”
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Asymmetric Reduction of Substituted 2‐Tetralones by Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase by Bsharat, Odey, Musa, Musa M., Vieille, Claire, Oladepo, Sulayman A., Takahashi, Masateru, Hamdan, Samir M.

“…Ketones bearing two bulky substituents, named bulky–bulky ketones, were successfully reduced to their corresponding optically enriched alcohols by using…”
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Corrigendum: Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene and anthracene using a microalgal-bacterial consortium by Hoque, Mubasher Zahir, Alqahtani, Abdulrahman, Sankaran, Saravanan, Anand, Deepak, Musa, Musa M., Nzila, Alexis, Guerriero, Gea, Siddiqui, Khawar Sohail, Ahmad, Irshad

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1227210.]…”
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Current Knowledge and Future Challenges on Bacterial Degradation of the Highly Complex Petroleum Products Asphaltenes and Resins by Nzila, Alexis, Musa, Musa M.

“…Petroleum products consist mainly of aliphatics, aromatics, asphaltenes and resins. After oil exploitation, the concentrations of asphaltenes and resins are…”
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The Intersection of Epigenetics and Metabolism in Trained Immunity by Fanucchi, Stephanie, Domínguez-Andrés, Jorge, Joosten, Leo A.B., Netea, Mihai G., Mhlanga, Musa M.

“…The last few years have witnessed an increasing body of evidence that challenges the traditional view that immunological memory is an exclusive trait of the…”
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Chromosomal Contact Permits Transcription between Coregulated Genes by Fanucchi, Stephanie, Shibayama, Youtaro, Burd, Shaun, Weinberg, Marc S., Mhlanga, Musa M.

“…Transcription of coregulated genes occurs in the context of long-range chromosomal contacts that form multigene complexes. Such contacts and transcription are…”
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Racemization of Enantiopure Alcohols Using Two Mutants of Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus Secondary Alcohol Dehydrogenase by Musa, Musa M.

“…Racemization of enantiopure alcohols is the key step to accomplish a dynamic kinetic resolution, and thus overcome the intrinsic drawback of 50 % yield with…”
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Deracemization of Secondary Alcohols by using a Single Alcohol Dehydrogenase by Karume, Ibrahim, Takahashi, Masateru, Hamdan, Samir M., Musa, Musa M.

“…We developed a single‐enzyme‐mediated two‐step approach for deracemization of secondary alcohols. A single mutant of Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus secondary…”
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Mutation of Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus secondary alcohol dehydrogenase at Trp-110 affects stereoselectivity of aromatic ketone reduction by Patel, Jay M, Musa, Musa M, Rodriguez, Luis, Sutton, Dewey A, Popik, Vladimir V, Phillips, Robert S

“…Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) are enzymes that catalyze the reversible reduction of carbonyl compounds to their corresponding alcohols. We have been studying a…”
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Benzo[A]Pyrene Biodegradation by Multiple and Individual Mesophilic Bacteria under Axenic Conditions and in Soil Samples by Nzila, Alexis, Musa, Musa M, Afuecheta, Emmanuel, Al-Thukair, Assad, Sankaran, Saravanan, Xiang, Lei, Li, Qing X

“…To date, only a handful of bacterial strains that can independently degrade and utilize benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) as the sole carbon source has been isolated and…”
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