WoodZymes

The WoodZymes
Project is a Research & Innovation Action funded by the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking,

a Public-Private Partnership between the EU (under H2020 framework programme) and the Bio-based Industries Consortium. Within this project, eleven participants from four European countries join efforts to develop and provide the wood industries with “WOOD transforming enZYMES” able to work under extreme operation conditions (i.e. extremozymes).

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DR MARTA PÉREZ-BOADA
E-mail: MPBoada@cib.csic.es
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Biological Research Centre (CIB)
Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 918373112
Fax: +34 915360432
Mobile: +34 650080476
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2021-05-28

New scientific paper on xylanase Xyn11, active at extreme conditions of temperature and alkalinity
One of the initial objectives of the European Project WoodZymes (www.woodzymes.eu) was to obtain a xylanase biocatalyst active at extreme conditions of temperature and alkaline [...]

2021-03-12

NEW PAPER OUT!! Design of an improved universal signal peptide to enhance enzyme production in yeast
Enhancing recombinant enzyme secretion in yeast is essential to conduct protein engineering and related studies. Researchers from CIB-CSIC report here the design of a universal, [...]

2021-01-26

Protein Engineering Approaches to Enhance Fungal Laccase Production in S. cerevisiae
Enzyme directed evolution is a powerful technique to design efficient and robust biocatalysts for the industry. Through iterations of mutagenesis and selection it is possible [...]

2021-01-15

ISWFPC 2021 - Rescheduled to November 15-17, 2021
The 21st International Symposium on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry (ISWFPC) will take place from November 15, 2021 to November 17, 2021 at Talley Student Union in North [...]

2020-12-16

In search of a "superxylanase"
Our partner IATA-CSIC has recently published an article in Biotechnology for Biofuels, dealing with the search for new xylanases with extremophilic properties using bioinformatic [...]

2020-12-14

NEW POST!! Enzyme directed evolution for the design of industrial biocatalysts
Directed molecular evolution is a state-or-the-art biotech tool used to confer enzymes new features, such as new or improved catalytic activities and/or increased stability [...]

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Aza P, Molpeceres G, Ruiz-Dueñas FJ, Camarero S
(2021) Heterologous Expression, Engineering and Characterization of a Novel Laccase of Agrocybe pediades with Promising Properties as Biocatalyst Agaricomycetes fungi responsible for decay of wood and other lignocellulosic substrates constitute a valuable source of lignin-degrading enzymes. Among these enzymes, laccases [...]

Talens-Perales D, Jiménez-Ortega E, Sánchez-Torres P, Polaina J
(2021) Phylogenetic, functional and structural characterization of a GH10 xylanase active at extreme conditions of temperature and alkalinity Endoxylanases active under extreme conditions of temperature and alkalinity can replace the use of highly pollutant chemicals in the pulp and paper industry. Searching for [...]

Aza P, Molpeceres G, de Salas F, Camarero S
(2021) Design of an improved universal signal peptide based on the α-factor mating secretion signal for enzyme production in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae plays an important role in the heterologous expression of an array of proteins due to its easy manipulation, low requirements and ability for protein [...]

Aza P, de Salas F, Molpeceres G, Rodríguez-Escribano D, de la Fuente I, Camarero S
(2021) Protein Engineering Approaches to Enhance Fungal Laccase Production in S. cerevisiae Laccases secreted by saprotrophic basidiomycete fungi are versatile biocatalysts able to oxidize a wide range of aromatic compounds using oxygen as the sole requirement. Saccharomyces [...]

Talens-Perales D, Sánchez-Torres P, Marín-Navarro J, Polaina J
(2020) In silico screening and experimental analysis of family GH11 xylanases for applications under conditions of alkaline pH and high temperature Background Xylanases are one of the most extensively used enzymes for biomass digestion. However, in many instances, their use is limited by poor performance under the conditions [...]

de Salas F, Aza P, Gilabert JF, Santiago G, Kılıç S, Sener ME, Vind J, Guallar V, Martínez AT, Camarero S
(2019) Engineering of a fungal laccase to develop a robust, versatile and highly-expressed biocatalyst for sustainable chemistry Fungal laccases can play an important role as biocatalysts in organic chemistry to replace chemical synthesis. In a previous work we synthesized conductive polyaniline using [...]

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Project Secretariat
DR MARTA PÉREZ-BOADA
E-mail: MPBoada@cib.csic.es
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Biological Research Centre (CIB)
Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 918373112
Fax: +34 915360432
Mobile: +34 650080476
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A team of research and industrial partners from Spain, France, Finland and Portugal.
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From forest biomass to phenolic and sugar-derived products: discover the WoodZymes concept.
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