Applications Biofuel additive for enhanced gasoline blending properties. Chemical precursor for the production of prenyl acetate and other industrial compounds. Environmentally friendly alternative to petrochemicals in biofuel production. Advantages/Benefits Produces high-purity prenol with minimal byproducts, enabling cleaner production Avoids toxic … [Read more...] about 2023-051 High-Titer and Highly Specific Prenol Production in Microbial Hosts via the Pathway using Recombinant Kinases and Isomerases
Agriculture
Food Browning Prevention by Bioengineering Plants through Dopamine Pathway 2024-147
Applications Extends the shelf life of fresh produce, juices, and fermented foods by reducing enzymatic browning. Reduces reliance on chemical additives like sulfur dioxide in food processing. Enhances food quality by preventing undesirable color and flavor changes. Advantages/Benefits Prevents food browning by targeting the dopamine biosynthetic pathway in … [Read more...] about Food Browning Prevention by Bioengineering Plants through Dopamine Pathway 2024-147
Novel engineered immune receptor to protect rice from pathogens 2023-147
Applications Sustainable crop protection against rice blast disease Usage in genetic modification/genome editing to develop disease-resistant rice varieties Potential for use in other crops to protect against similar fungal diseases Advantages/Benefits Wider range of protection than existing blast resistance genes against Magnaporthe oryzae strains … [Read more...] about Novel engineered immune receptor to protect rice from pathogens 2023-147
Copy Number Modulation of Binary Vectors for Precise Plant Host Transformation 2023-071
Applications Agriculture Fungi Advantages/Benefits Maximizes transformation efficiency or quality event outcomes, which existing “wild-type” origins are unable to achieve Background Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (AMT) of plants and other eukaryotes relies on the presence of a plasmid within the bacterium that possesses a transfer DNA (T-DNA) … [Read more...] about Copy Number Modulation of Binary Vectors for Precise Plant Host Transformation 2023-071
Novel Transcriptional Activator Domains from Plants and Yeast To Enhance Eukaryotic Gene Expression 2023-135
Applications: Increased protein expression yields in plants and fungi Development of drought-resistant crops Streamlined method to develop new genetic tools and genome-scale activation assays Advantages: Equal or stronger activity than the current state of the art activation domains Quick integration of regulatory domains into known and novel expression … [Read more...] about Novel Transcriptional Activator Domains from Plants and Yeast To Enhance Eukaryotic Gene Expression 2023-135