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Rescuedifficult-to-express proteins

Our system can rescue difficult-to-express candidate proteins from having to be discarded, reduce product failure rates and let customers explore back catalogues of interesting enzymes they couldn’t make before.

What We Can Do

Companies currently spend large amounts of resources on researching new industrial enzymes that can replace current manufacturing techniques, many of which are costly both in environmental and economic terms. A major stumbling block in this research is the discovery that a promising enzyme candidate cannot be produced using existing methods, an “almost weekly” occurrence in the industry. By being able to provide an alternative low-temperature production process for the manufacture of these enzymes we ensure not only that the cost of research already sunk into them is not wasted, but that our customers receive an enzyme capable of doing the job it was intended for. We can also manufacture cold-active enzymes that benefit the whole supply chain, from providing enzymes for use in food and drug manufacture to low-temperature enzymes in laundry detergent that allow the end user to reap the benefits of reduced costs for washing clothes.

Let us help

Have you got difficult-to-express proteins or non-functional low-temperature enzymes? Get in touch to see how we can help.

Our Research

Many resources are put into enzyme research to find promising candidates, but many turn out to be unsuitable for current manufacturing methods and must be discarded. This situation is exacerbated for less robust enzymes that nevertheless could have applications in cold conditions in both domestic and industrial environments, such as laundry detergents and food manufacture, but are currently incredibly difficult to produce.

Our Team

Our team has extensive experience in enzyme design and protein expression, and has dedicated more than 5 years to the development of our platform. Our range of expertise covers the fields of Synthetic Biology, Molecular Biology and Protein Design, and we are supported by Edinburgh Innovations.

About

Our team can help enzyme/protein manufacturers and companies who use enzymes in their products, get in touch with our team for more info.

Location

University of Edinburgh