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Proteus, Syngenta Collaborate on Enzyme Development for Biofuels

Proteus announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with agribusiness firm Syngenta. The two companies plan to work together on the development of novel high performing enzymes for next generation biofuel production.

The collaboration with Proteus will help Syngenta to accelerate development by offering technology that complements our core skills in plant expression, according to the company

Both diversity screening and directed evolution methods will be used for the discovery and the optimization of targeted enzymes for the conversion of biomass into biofuels, Proteus said.

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