Encrypted optical markers for security applications
申请人:APDN (B.V.I.) INC.
公开号:US10745825B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-18
Encrypted markers that are not readily detectable can be revealed by treatment with a specific reagent used as a developer to reveal a readily detectable physical property of the marker, such as a characteristic fluorescence emission after excitation with a particular excitation wavelength, or to reveal a visible color. The encrypted marker can be developed in situ, or a sample can be removed by brushing, scraping, swabbing or scratching the marked object or item and developing the encrypted marker or a sample thereof with the appropriate developer to reveal an overt marker or optical signal. The encrypted marker may include a DNA taggant.
Design and evolution of an enzyme with a non-canonical organocatalytic mechanism
作者:Ashleigh J. Burke、Sarah L. Lovelock、Amina Frese、Rebecca Crawshaw、Mary Ortmayer、Mark Dunstan、Colin Levy、Anthony P. Green
DOI:10.1038/s41586-019-1262-8
日期:2019.6
that uses Nδ-methylhistidine as a non-canonical catalytic nucleophile. Histidine methylation is essential for catalyticfunction because it prevents the formation of unreactive acyl-enzyme intermediates, which has been a long-standing challenge when using canonical nucleophiles in enzyme design6–10. Enzyme performance was optimized using directed evolution protocols adapted to an expanded genetic code