Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0071187

Zusammenfassung

Cyanophycin (multi-L-Arginyl-Poly-L-Aspartate) is a nitrogen-rich biopolymer produced by various bacteria. Currently, it is produced photosynthetically with cyanobacteria in a light-dependent process. The application of cyanophycin has so far been hindered by its poor solubility and its amorphous structure. Recently, the team succeeded in converting cyanophycin through esterification into a promising polycationic polymer with manifold application options. This project aims at a tranfer of the know-how from cyanobacteria to acetogenic bacteria yielding a new production route of cyanophy...