​​​​​​​​​​​​Protein Design and Engineering

​​PIs: Gabriel Moncalián & María Lucas Gay

Research Lines

• Structure, function and modification of polyunsaturated fatty acid synthases.
• Optimization of the microbial production of added value fatty acids and triglycerides.
• Optimization of proteins involved in bacterial conjugation for biotechnological applications. 
• Structure and function of protein complexes involved in intracellular vesicular traffic.
• Molecular and structural basis of neurodegenerative diseases.
• Structural basis of Host-Pathogen Interactions.
  
  

Services offered 

• Design and optimization of proteins with biotechnological, biomedical or industrial interest. 
• Structural analysis of proteins by X-ray crystallography and in silico molecular threading.

• EUNICE - European University for Customised Education. 101004083-EUNICE-EAC-A02-2 
• REUNICE RESEARCH WITH AND FOR SOCIETY IN EUNICE. H2020-IBA-SfS-2-2020-101035813
• Plataforma de cromatografía acoplada a espectrometría de masas (EQC2021-007113-P) 
• Microscopio electronico de transmisión de ultima generacion para el análisis estructural de macromoleculas biologicas (EQC2021-007003-P) 
• Modificación de megasintasas para la producción de precursores químicos sostenibles (TED2021-129278B-I00) 
• Megasintasas de acidos grasos poliinsaturados: estructura, optimizacion y aplicaciones (PID2021-122164NB-I00)
  
• Mecanismo de acción del complejo Retriever (PID2021-122611NB-I00)​