Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0772404

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0772404

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolving enzymes to harness the clean energy reserves of nature. We want to improve enzymes that are used by nature to harness huge amounts of energy - the energy present in glucose, one of the most abundant materials in the biosphere. The enzymes will be evolved to efficiently produce biological power in a practically useable form rather than for the growth of the organisms from which they originated. We will use this energy to drive the synthesis of chemicals of practical value, truly green chemistry. We also seek to answer questions such as: how do proteins evolve, how do enzymes work and how can biochemical pathways be optimised for industrial processes? This information will be of fundamental benefit for the use of enzymes in green chemistry, providing cleaner ways to produce important chemicals.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $263,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Agricultural Biotechnology | Enzymes | Molecular Evolution | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Organic industrial chemicals not classified elsewhere | Biological sciences | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal)

Other Keywords

Agricultural Biotechnology | Biological sciences | Enzymes | Genetic Engineering And Enzyme Technology | Molecular Evolution | Organic industrial chemicals not classified elsewhere | Renewable energy not elsewhere classified (e.g. geothermal)

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