Novel marine microbial enzymes for use in biocatalysis
Lead Research Organisation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Department Name: Plymouth Marine Lab
Abstract
Marine bacteria are abundant and live in a range of unusual environments. Evolution has resulted in adaptation to the different environments in which these microbes are found. This adaptation means that they can often make unusual chemicals using enzymes not found on land. Some of these enzymes could replace harmful chemical processes used by industry to make products This is a proposal to discover new and useful enzymes from marine microbes for the development of environmentally-friendly industrial processes.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Ian Joint (Principal Investigator) | |
| Sohail Ali (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Jensen CN
(2012)
A flavoprotein monooxygenase that catalyses a Baeyer-Villiger reaction and thioether oxidation using NADH as the nicotinamide cofactor.
in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology
Allen MJ
(2012)
Genome sequence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia PML168, which displays Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase activity.
in Journal of bacteriology
Willetts A
(2012)
Isolation and initial characterization of a novel type of Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase activity from a marine microorganism.
in Microbial biotechnology