MISELIAS

Mechanistic Investigation of Microbial Secondary Lipid Assembly

 Coordinatore THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK 

 Organization address address: Kirby Corner Road - University House -
city: COVENTRY
postcode: CV4 8UW

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Manuela
Cognome: Tosin
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 2476 572878

 Nazionalità Coordinatore United Kingdom [UK]
 Totale costo 221˙606 €
 EC contributo 221˙606 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF
 Funding Scheme MC-IEF
 Anno di inizio 2014
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2014-04-01   -   2016-03-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

 Organization address address: Kirby Corner Road - University House -
city: COVENTRY
postcode: CV4 8UW

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Manuela
Cognome: Tosin
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 2476 572878

UK (COVENTRY) coordinator 221˙606.40

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lipid    intermediates    synthase    sustainable    vitro    fish    pfa    fatty    metabolites    polyunsaturated    synthases    probes    pufas    biocatalysis    sources    chemical    biosynthetic    secondary    enzymes    assembly    acids   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Secondary lipid metabolites such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are specialised fats that are essential for any organism optimal physiological functions. PUFAs are indeed vital for human normal development and functioning of the brain and the central nervous system, and are consumed as nutraceuticals for their numerous health benefits, including anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory actions. The current major sources of PUFAs (fish, algae and fish oil products) are threatened by global warming, pollution and overfishing, therefore novel and sustainable sources are sought after. PUFAs are biosynthesised de novo in bacteria by multifunctional iterative enzymes, the polyunsaturated fatty acid (Pfa) synthases. Despite the enormous interest in these enzymes and their products, Pfa biocatalysis remains poorly understood due to the inability of acquiring direct information on the nature and on the processing of the biosynthetic intermediates. This lack of knowledge hampers the full utilization of the biocatalysis and of sustainable resources for essential fatty acids. The proposed project aims at elucidating the mechanistic details of secondary lipids assembly by Pfa synthases utilising in vitro enzymology and chemical probes capable of capturing Pfa biosynthetic intermediates. Specific research objectives include: (1) the cloning, the expression and the reconstitution of an active Pfa synthase in vitro; (2) the capture of Pfa synthases intermediates using chemical probes and their characterisation; and, on these bases, (3) the detailed reconstruction of the mechanisms involved in secondary lipid assembly by the Pfa synthase. This work will provide novel insights into the fundamentals of PfA enzyme workings and therefore the foundations of novel microbial biotechnology for the production of secondary lipid metabolites.'

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