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Plant and microbial enzymology (MET)

Reference	BBS/E/J/000C0647
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Stephen Bornemann
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	1,185,488
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2008
End date	31/03/2017
Duration	107 months

Abstract

The details of the pathways and surface enzymology of polyglucan biosynthesis in plants and microbes are surprisingly poorly understood despite their importance in biology and industry. The approach of our multidisciplinary research is the study of the enzymes that are involved in these systems using biochemical and biophysical techniques along with synthetic chemistry and complementary molecular biology studies addressing their physiological functions. Specifically, we are studying developmentally regulated glycogen metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor, surface enzymology of relevance to the developing starch granule in plants and bacterial exopolysaccharide biosynthesis (e.g. dextran). These systems relate to antimicrobial agents and the engineering of novel starches and glucans.

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Crop Science, Industrial Biotechnology, Microbiology, Plant Science
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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