Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0449500

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0449500

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Discovery of novel circular proteins in bacteria, plants and animals: applications in drug design and crop protection. The overall goal is to use innovative methods in chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology to determine the structures and functions of several families of circular proteins that have exciting pharmaceutical and agricultural applications. These molecules differ from conventional proteins in that they have no ends: their termini are seamlessly joined, thereby making them exceptionally stable and resistant to enzyme digestion. The big question is ?How and why does Nature produce circular proteins?" Increasing our knowledge of why circular proteins have evolved will facilitate their applications in drug design and in the development of novel insecticides.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-07-2004

End Date: 30-07-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $1,750,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biological And Medical Chemistry | Plant Physiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) | Crop and animal protection chemicals |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biological And Medical Chemistry | Crop and animal protection chemicals | Plant Physiology | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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