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The “smart cell industry” program of NEDO (2016-2020) aims to produce industrial materials from plants and microorganisms in economically viable yields based on metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. The five new topics (2019-2020) are Microbial production of polyamide materials (Toray) Cholesterol esterase derived from recombinant Burkholderia stabilis (Asahi Kasei Pharma) Microbial production of ergothioneine, a […]
The group of Akihiko KONDO at Kobe University has used computer simulations, newly designed metabolic pathways and introduction of an engineered silkworm enzyme into E. coli to produce tetrahydropapaveroline (THP), a precursor compound of various benzylisoquinoline alkaloids which are used as analgesics. The project was carried out within NEDO’s “smart cell industry” program. NEDO news […]
As indicated by Koichi AKAISHI, Chief Policy officer of the Cabinet Office, the government’s new bio-strategy will include support of company investments in the following 10 areas: (1) high-performance biomaterials (2) bioplastics (3) sustainable primary production systems (agriculture) (4) organic waste and organic wastewater treatment (5) life improvement, healthcare and functional food (6) digital medicine […]