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Project

Unlocking Synthetic Biology of Deoxy Sugars via Enzyme Engineering and Biocatalytic Cascades

Deoxysugars are important building blocks of several bioactive carbohydrates and derivatives (e.g. glycopeptide antibiotics). Their further exploration is, however, severely hampered by the complex and expensive procedures that are currently required for their production. In this project, new enzymes will be developed and integrated in artificial biosynthetic pathways that make use of sucrose as cheap and abundant starting material.

Date:1 Nov 2020 →  31 Oct 2021
Keywords:biocatalysis, deoxysugar, epimerase, dehydratase, Enzyme engineering
Disciplines:Biocatalysis, Biochemical engineering, Carbohydrates, Biocatalysis and enzyme technology, Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts