Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP220100713

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP220100713

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Elucidating the determinants of cation import across the kingdoms of life. The metal ion manganese is essential to all forms of life. This project aims to investigate how this poorly abundant cation is selectively acquired from the chemical complexity of the environment for import into cells by using state-of-the-art biochemical and microbiological techniques. This project expects to define the fundamental basis for how bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic plastid cation-selective importers can discriminate manganese from chemical similar cations to achieve selective uptake. The expected outcomes of this work will be an understanding of the fundamental basis for selective metal import in biological systems. This should provide benefits for industry through synthetic biological applications of this knowledge.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-12-2022

End Date: 05-12-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $499,182.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Receptors and Membrane Biology | Bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Bacteriology | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Receptors and Membrane Biology

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