Project

Redirected evolution as strategy for the development of new enzymes.

Code
3S007716
Duration
01 January 2016 → 31 December 2019
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Biocatalysis and enzyme technology
Keywords
ancestral sequence reconstruction enzyme engineering glycoside phosphorylases
 
Project description

The specificity of enzymes van be changed through enzyme engineering. However, enzymes are typically very specialised, which often causes classical approaches to fall short. Therefore, less specialised protein sequences will be reconstructed in this project, which can then be used as a starting point for further engineering. Using this strategy, glycosyltransferases will be converted to industrially relevant glycoside phosphorylases.