Synthetic Biology and Materials Science - Nature-Made Plastics

Synthetic Biology and Materials Science - Nature-Made Plastics

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Project Lead: Aaron Korkegian

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Project Lead: Aaron Korkegian

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Synthetic Biology and Materials Science - Nature-Made Plastics

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 we can select a series of enzymes from a catalog that will produce some desired industrial compound
  3. 3 petroleum/crude oil
  4. 4 methyl methacrylate (MMA)
  5. 5 advantages of PMMA
  6. 6 production of PMMA from crude oil is not sustainable
  7. 7 oil in the ground will eventually run out
  8. 8 Project Lead: Aaron Korkegian
  9. 9 a-methylene-y-butyrolactone (MBL)
  10. 10 fermentation host (yeast, bacteria, etc.)
  11. 11 enzyme database + efficient algorithm
  12. 12 natural substrate
  13. 13 the methyl may clash in the active site
  14. 14 Proposed Pathway
  15. 15 Generating the Enzymes
  16. 16 Testing the Enzymes
  17. 17 Optimizing the Enzymes
  18. 18 Testing the Optimized Enzymes
  19. 19 Confirmed Pathway
  20. 20 we can modify the ribosomal binding site sequences for any of the enzymes
  21. 21 any such reaction can be run in precisely the same large vat with the same material
  22. 22 PROFESSOR DAVE EXPLAINS

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