Understanding and Optimizing Enzyme Efficiency for Cellulose Biodegradation

了解和优化纤维素生物降解的酶效率

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-05366
• 负责人: Qin, Wensheng
• 金额: $ 2.04万
• 依托单位: Lakehead University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=630206
• 关键词: Understanding; Optimizing; Enzyme; Efficiency; Cellulose

Petroleum depletion, energy shortage, and environmental deterioration are major global issues. We urgently need to develop technologies for converting renewable biomass, such as agricultural residues and forestry byproducts, into cleaner biofuels, chemicals and other bioproducts. However, the major bottle-neck in biomass conversion is the production cost of efficient bioconversion enzymes. My research program aims to engineer new types of bacteria and establish co-culture environments that will make the production of bioconversion enzymes faster and more cost-effective, leading to new opportunities for clean energy in Canadian industry.

石油枯竭、能源短缺、环境恶化是全球性的重大问题。我们迫切需要开发将农业废弃物和林业副产品等可再生生物质转化为更清洁的生物燃料、化学品和其他生物产品的技术。然而，生物质转化的主要瓶颈是高效生物转化酶的生产成本。我的研究项目旨在设计新型细菌并建立共培养环境，使生物转化酶的生产更快、更具成本效益，从而为加拿大工业的清洁能源带来新的机遇。