UNIVERSITAS STUDIORUM INSUBRIAE
Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Production and characterization of recombinant proteins for different fields of biotechnology. In silico design and protein engineering for novel enzymatic activities.
The team founded the “The Protein Factory” (www.theproteinfactory.it), promoting basic and applied research on proteins of biotechnological relevance.
Area of Research
- Protein production and engineering
- Valorization of lignin and chitin
- D-amino acids production
- Plastic degradation
- Strain improvement for antibiotics and amino acid enantiomers
Expertise and Main Technologies
- Enzyme discovery, engineering and characterization
- Enzymatic and microbial bioconversion
- Morphological analysis of enzymatic activity
- System biocatalysis: set-up of novel metabolic pathways
- Rational genetic engineering for increasing the production of specialized metabolites
- Development of fermentation processes
- Targeted metabolic analysis
Key Organisms
E. coli
Actinomycetes
Yeasts
Fish
Industrial Applications
- Production of pure amino acid enantiomers
- Production of cis,cis-muconic acid
- Production of glycopeptide antibiotics
- PET enzymatic degradation
Industrial Sector
Pharma
Energy
Bulk & Fine Chemicals
Biological & Biomedical
Scientific References
Loredano
Pollegioni
Full professor
Immacolata
Serra
principal investigator
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