INDUSTRIAL PROTEINS

Working Toward A More Sustainable Planet

The ABI platform is used to reduce upfront capital expenses and cost of goods for industrial proteins.  We are working with Greenlab, Inc. to optimize production and distribution. Products currently available include cellulase for cellulosic biomass processing and manganese peroxidase.

In addition, we are in the later stages of the development of Brazzein, a natural high-intensity sweet protein, from the tropical fruit of Pentadiplandra brazzeana, expressed in maize [1]. The Brazzein protein is 500 to 2,000 times sweeter than sucrose and is highly stable. It is a natural sweetener that can be used alone or blended in food or beverages with other sweeteners such as sucrose...