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Solving the problem of glycosidase inhibitors in food processing (GEMINI)

Reference	BBS/E/F/00041140
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Nathalie Juge
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	140,988
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/01/2001
End date	31/12/2003
Duration	36 months

Abstract

Gemini is an EU-funded project which in full addresses the following issues: Issue 1: The presence of endogenous protein inhibitors of glycosidases in plants has a negative effect on the digestibility of cereal-based foods, for both human and animal nutrition. Issue 2: The presence of endogenous protein inhibitors of glycosidases in plants has an adverse effect on the utilisation of these specific enzymes in food processes. Minimising the effect of these inhibitors will allow the use of lower (and thus more economic) doses of enzyme preparations. Issue 3: Fungal glycosidases are involved in the process of plant attack while their plant counterparts can play a role as elicitor in the plant response to pathogen aggression. Plant inhibitors may thus have a significant effect on crop resistance to infection. The IFR contribution is mainly related to issue 1 and involves cloning and expression of glycosyl hydrolases and protein inhibitors, production of site-directed mutants and characterisation of the expressed protein.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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