P2P: Pentoses to products: a new tool for synthetic biology

Lead Participant: INGENZA LIMITED

Abstract

Ingenza and the University of Nottingham will engineer microorganisms for the utilisation of xylose and its conversion to products of interest by fermentation. We will exemplify the approach by converting xylose to a key intermediate required by Lucite International for the manufacture of monomers using sustainable bioprocessing. Use of xylose, derived from waste ligoncellulosic biomass, allows the production of chemicals by fermentation using sustainable raw materials whihch in no way compete with sugars produced for food use.

Lead Participant

Project Cost

Grant Offer

INGENZA LIMITED £202,745 £ 121,647
 

Participant

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL UK LIMITED £35,419 £ 17,710
INNOVATE UK

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