| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S25166/01 |
| Title: |
Generic methods to identify mechanisms of inactivation of biocatalysts during practical operation |
| Principal Investigator: |
Pitt, Professor AR |
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| Department: |
School of Life Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of Glasgow |
| Scheme: |
Faraday (PreFEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 2003 |
Ends: |
31 March 2006 |
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87,584
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Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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Biocatalysts normally become inactivated during use, but the reason is usually unknown. We aim to develop methods to determine the cause of activity loss, as a basis for rational plans to improve stability. The methods will cover: 1) high yield recovery of adsorbed proteins from biocatalysts without (further) covalent modification; 2) identification of covalent changes in recovered enzyme molecules, using the approaches of proteomics (electrophoresis, mass spectroscopy and chromatography), but developing new interpretation strategies appropriate to modifcations found with biocatalysts; 3) detection and characterisation of non-covalent conformational changes in proteins in situ in biocatalyst particles by appropriate physical techniques (fluorescence, infra-red and circular dichroism) and protease susceptibility; 4) recovery of peptides for analysis from covalently attached proteins, using defined and limited cleavage. This is a flagship project of the Pro-Bio Faraday Partnership.
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http://www.gla.ac.uk |