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The study of chitinolytic enzymes, aiming at constructing an artificial chitinosome.

2017/27/B/NZ1/02201

Keywords:

chitinase chitosanase chitin deacetylase thermophiles psychrofiles crystallography

Descriptors:

  • NZ1_1: Molecular biology
  • NZ1_4: Structural biology
  • NZ1_6: Synthetic biology

Panel:

NZ1 - Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution :

Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk

woj. wielkopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Wojciech Rypniewski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 14 - announced on 2017-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 513 600 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2018-09-03

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-09-02

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Structural, thermodynamic and enzymatic characterization of N,N-diacetylchitobiose deacetylase from Pyrococcus chitonophagus.
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Biniek-Antosiak, Magdalena Bejger, Joanna Sliwiak, Daniel Baranowski, Ahmed S.A. Mohammed, Dmitri I. Svergun, Wojciech Rypniewski
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2022, tom: 23, strony: 15736), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/24/15736 - link to the publication
  2. Spider Chitin: An Ultrafast Microwave-Assisted Method for Chitin Isolation from Caribena versicolor Spider Molt Cuticle
    Authors:
    Tomasz Machałowski, Marcin Wysokowski, Mikhail V. Tsurkan, Roberta Galli, Christian Schimpf, David Rafaja, Erica Brendler, Christine Viehweger, Sonia Zółtowska-Aksamitowska, Iaroslav Petrenko, Katarzyna Czaczyk, Michael Kraft, Martin Bertau, Nicole Bechmann, Kaomei Guan, Stefan R. Bornstein, Alona Voronkina, Andriy Fursov, Magdalena Bejger, Katarzyna Biniek-Antosiak, Wojciech Rypniewski, Marek Figlerowicz, Oleg Pokrovsky, Teofil Jesionowski, and Hermann Ehrlich
    Academic press:
    Molecules (rok: 2019, tom: 24, strony: 3736), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/molecules24203736 - link to the publication
  3. The crystal structure of a Streptomyces thermoviolaceus thermophilic chitinase known for its refolding efficiency.
    Authors:
    H. Malecki, M. Bejger, W. Rypniewski*, C.E. Vorgias
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2020, tom: 21, strony: 2892), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21082892 - link to the publication