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UFS: Post Doctoral Research Fellowship 2019
Written by Danie La Grange
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE
UCT: PROFESSOR/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HEAD OF DIVISION: MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Written by Danie La Grange
PROFESSOR/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HEAD OF DIVISION: MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES & THE NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE (NHLS)
WITS: SENIOR LECTURER/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN MICROBIOLOGY
Written by Danie La Grange
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF MOLECULAR & CELL BIOLOGY
SENIOR LECTURER/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN MICROBIOLOGY
Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Structural elucidation of a novel OlsB protein
Ornithine acyl-ACP N-acyltransferase (OlsB) is the protein that is required for the first step of ornithine lipid (OL) biosynthesis. In this step ornithine is N-acylated with a 3-hydroxy-fatty acyl residue in order to obtain lyso-ornithine lipid (LOL). Both OL and LOL are biosurfactants, and recently the IMBM patented the use of a novel OlsB to heterologously produce these in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida. These biosurfactants have valuable application in a number of products suitable for waste water treatment, agriculture and cosmetics. The aim of the PhD study is to elucidate the structure of this particular OlsB protein and examine the possibility of manipulating the properties of the protein for various commercial applications.
2nd International Conference on Food Safety and Security
Written by Danie La Grange