CRBI/CIRC Seminar
CRBI Seminar - Dr. Martin Schmeing, McGill University Thursday April 25th 2024 Biosynthesis and use of the most interesting polymer you didn’t know existed Abstract: Cyanophycin is a natural product polymer with a poly-aspartate backbone and arginines linked to each Asp side chain. Used in bacteria for storage of fixed nitrogen, carbon and energy, long chains of cyanophycin coalesce into inert, …
