The microbiologists at Radboud University teamed up with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and the TU Delft to describe the hydrazine synthase protein in molecular detail. Boran Kartal: "Our colleagues in Heidelberg are specialized in crystallography. They were able to make a 3D-model of the protein. This enabled us to hypothesize that the reaction occurs at two different active sites in two consequent steps." Christina Ferousi, PhD student at Radboud University's department of Microbiology, is now investigating whether this is indeed the way the protein works.
Anammox in industry or wastewater treatment?
Anammox bacteria produce hydrazine similar to the two-step industrial Olin-Raschig process developed in 1906. So could we use the protein to speed up industrial hydrazine production? No, not with our current understanding of how the protein functions, Kartal says firmly. He does see some other possible applications.
"In order to use anammox bacteria in innovative wastewater treatment, we have to know exactly how they function. Just like civil engineers know everything about their materials, environmental engineers like me need to know exactly how our bacteria work. Microorganisms are the materials I use to build smart environmental solutions. And this specific protein plays a major part in one of the most interesting attributes of the anammox bacteria, therefore I would like to know everything about it."[Anammox (Boran Kartal)]
Boran Kartal received a VENI-grant from NWO in 2011 and in December 2014, he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million Euros. With this grant he is now starting his own research group, aiming to develop an innovative bioreactor that reduces greenhouse gas emissions with dedicated microorganisms. Most recently he received a grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in July 2015 to further study the biochemistry of anammox bacteria.
The microbiologists at Radboud University teamed up with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and the TU Delft to describe the hydrazine synthase protein in molecular detail. Boran Kartal: "Our colleagues in Heidelberg are specialized in crystallography. They were able to make a 3D-model of the protein. This enabled us to hypothesize that the reaction occurs at two different active sites in two consequent steps." Christina Ferousi, PhD student at Radboud University's department of Microbiology, is now investigating whether this is indeed the way the protein works.Anammox in industry or wastewater treatment?Anammox bacteria produce hydrazine similar to the two-step industrial Olin-Raschig process developed in 1906. So could we use the protein to speed up industrial hydrazine production? No, not with our current understanding of how the protein functions, Kartal says firmly. He does see some other possible applications."In order to use anammox bacteria in innovative wastewater treatment, we have to know exactly how they function. Just like civil engineers know everything about their materials, environmental engineers like me need to know exactly how our bacteria work. Microorganisms are the materials I use to build smart environmental solutions. And this specific protein plays a major part in one of the most interesting attributes of the anammox bacteria, therefore I would like to know everything about it."[Anammox (Boran Kartal)]Kartal โบราณได้รับให้เรา VENI จาก NWO ใน 2011 และในเดือน 2014 ธันวาคม เขาได้รับรางวัลเป็น ERC เริ่มต้นเงินทุน 1.5 ล้านยูโร มีเงินช่วยเหลือนี้ เขาเป็นตอนนี้เริ่มกลุ่มวิจัยของตัวเอง มุ่งพัฒนา bioreactor เป็นนวัตกรรมที่ช่วยลดการปล่อยก๊าซเรือนกระจก โดยเฉพาะจุลินทรีย์ ล่าสุด เขาได้รับให้จากเนเธอร์แลนด์องค์กรสำหรับวิทยาศาสตร์วิจัย (NWO) ใน 2015 กรกฎาคมเพิ่มเติม เรียนชีวเคมีของแบคทีเรียอนามอกซ์
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