IRENE
In silico Rational Engineering of Novel Enzymes
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE
Organization address
address: PIAZZALE EUROPA 1 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 5˙186˙379 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙999˙995 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2008-2B |
| Funding Scheme | CP-SICA |
| Anno di inizio | 2009 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2009-04-01 - 2012-03-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE
Organization address
address: PIAZZALE EUROPA 1 contact info |
IT (TRIESTE) | coordinator | 520˙225.00 |
| 2 |
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN
Organization address
address: Valhallavaegen 79 contact info |
SE (STOCKHOLM) | participant | 363˙600.00 |
| 3 |
NOVOZYMES A/S
Organization address
address: Krogshoejvej 36 contact info |
DK (BAGSVAERD) | participant | 343˙517.00 |
| 4 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT
Organization address
address: Stevinweg 1 contact info |
NL (DELFT) | participant | 333˙055.00 |
| 5 | KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET | DK | participant | 303˙602.00 |
| 6 |
BELOZERSKY INSTITUTE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Organization address
address: Leninskije gory 1 contact info |
RU (MOSCOW) | participant | 99˙996.00 |
| 7 |
THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF UZBEKISTAN NAMED AFTER MIRZO ULUGBEK
Organization address
address: Vuzgorodok 174 contact info |
UZ (TASHKENT) | participant | 36˙000.00 |
| 8 |
"BIO/ TECHOLOGIES, INNOVATIONS, RESEARCHES LTD"
Organization address
address: Leninskie gory 1/75G contact info |
RU (MOSCOW) | participant | 0.00 |
| 9 |
FEDERAL STATE BUDGETARY ORGANIZATION B.P. KONSTANTINOV PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE
Organization address
address: ORLOVA ROSCHA LENINGRAD DISTRICT contact info |
RU (Gatchina) | participant | 0.00 |
| 10 |
MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES
Organization address
address: Leninskie gory 1/75A contact info |
RU (MOSCOW) | participant | 0.00 |
| 11 |
SHEMYAKIN AND OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY - RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Organization address
address: UL. MIKLUKHO MAKLAYA 16/10 contact info |
RU (MOSCOW) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'IRENE project aims at overcoming existing bottlenecks for a broader diffusion of biocatalysis and at accelerating the sustainable innovation of chemical industry by developing computational methods and strategies that will enable to rationally design and produce the next generation of biocatalysts for industrial applications. The consortium is funded on the combination of robust multidisciplinary expertise from EU, Russia and Uzbekistan. Due to the interaction between theoretical groups and experimentalists all computational tools used in this project will be validated by experiments. Failures and successes will be used for methods’ evaluation and tuning, in an iterative process that will lead to new methods but also to the definition of practical guidelines, for any specific enzyme design issue. The convergence of different expertise will face 4 main tasks: 1) fast rational design of efficient biocatalysts; 2) fast and efficient in silico screening of available enzymes/mutants to exploit catalytic potential of existing biocatalyst and providing quantitative parameters describing enzyme’s efficiency; 3) fast substrate-screening and rational substrate engineering; 4) understanding molecular basis of biocatalyst’ action and properties. IRENE will pursue these objectives by taking advantage of computational strategies used in different disciplines and integrate them in an unified concept for studying enzyme catalysis. The four main families of computational methods, Quantum Mechanics, Molecular Mechanics, Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships and Bioinformatics, will used in an integrated approach. The project will have three major design subjects: 1) introduction of new activities in specific enzyme scaffolds (reaction promiscuity); 2) improvement of catalytic activity towards specific targets (substrate promiscuity); 3) the redesign of enantioselectivity. For each subject the work will focus on different specific enzymatic activities of industrial relevance.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Advanced ways to test and produce novel enzymes using high-tech means will help European industry to create better products, from medicines to cleaning agents.