Industrial protein production crops: New needs and new opportunities
There are many diverse uses for industrial proteins with new opportunities for novel uses frequently emerging. Prominent among these uses are enzymes catalyzing the processing of food/feed and for the production of cellulosic biofuels. Other significant industrial protein uses include antibodies and...
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Published in | GM crops & food Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 2 - 7 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
United States
Taylor & Francis
01.01.2010
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Summary: | There are many diverse uses for industrial proteins with new opportunities for
novel uses frequently emerging. Prominent among these uses are enzymes
catalyzing the processing of food/feed and for the production of cellulosic
biofuels. Other significant industrial protein uses include antibodies and other
binding proteins for purification and/or clean-up of industrial product streams.
Enabling technology is needed to produce these now expensive industrial
proteins could be produced cost-effectively. Plant-based production of industrial
enzymes offers the prospect of massive, scalable production, coupled with low
production cost especially if a co-product, such as seed oil or starch, subsidizes
the primary crop production costs. High-protein seeds whose composition is
remodeled to produce industrial proteins can be a cost-effective means to
produce industrial proteins. There are both technical and regulatory issues to
resolve in order to deploy plants and seeds as industrial protein production
platforms and many of these issues may be more easily resolved by developing
nonfood crops specifically for use as industrial production platforms. An emerging
industrial plant, Camelina, has potential as a protein-production platform
subsidized by the seed oil co-product. |
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ISSN: | 1938-1999 2164-5698 1938-2006 2164-5701 |
DOI: | 10.4161/gmcr.1.1.10671 |