The European Union has selected the ROBOX proposal as H2020 project. This project has 19 partners and will be coordinated by DSM Geleen. The proposal "ROBOX: Expanding the Industrial Use of Robust Oxidative Biocatalysts for the Conversion and Production of Alcohols" took first place in the selection.
This interesting review covers a range of known applications of these interesting enzymes to synthesize useful molecules “Recent advances in biotechnological applications of alcohol dehydrogenases”
ROBOX is developing several new versions of these enzymes and are available from our partners – if you are interested please contact us John.Whittall@manchester.ac.uk
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Reductive amination is one of the most important methods for the synthesis of chiral amines. The paper from ROBOX partner UNIMAN “A reductive aminase from Aspergillus oryzae” is attracting attention. This enzyme can be applied to ROBOX alcohol and ketone products to create cascade reactions of interest for industry.
A interesting advance in biotechnology https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24659.epdf TSRI Scientists Create First Stable Semisynthetic Organism LA JOLLA, CA – January 23, 2017 – Life’s genetic code has only ever contained four natural bases. These bases pair up to form two “base pairs”—the rungs of the DNA ladder—and they have simply been rearranged to create bacteria and butterflies,…
Good review of this essentiial feature of Cytochrome P450s for application Highlights Thermostability is a desirable feature for using P450s in industrial processes The structures of four P450s from thermophiles have been characterized to date. P450s from thermophiles tend to be shorter overall than those from mesophiles. Extended salt-bridged and aromatic networks may stabilize the…
The European Summit of Industrial Biotechnology (ESIB, organized by ACIB in Graz, https://esib.at) from Nov 14-16th offered a great opportunity for ROBOX partners to meet, to engage in networking and to disseminate ROBOX results. 11 of the 19 ROBOX Partners enjoyed this summit and/or connected project meetings with at least one delegate (DSM, Innosyn, Givaudan, Chemstream, C-LeCTA,…