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Volume 7, Issue 3(Suppl) J Biotechnol Biomater, an open access journal
ISSN: 2155-952X Euro Biotechnology 2017
September 25-27, 2017
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17th EURO BIOTECHNOLOGY CONGRESS
September 25-27, 2017 Berlin, Germany
Elizabeth E Hood, J Biotechnol Biomater 2017, 7:3(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2155-952X-C1-075
Production of industrial enzymes in maize
Industrial enzymes are excellent technologies to apply in manufacturing to alleviate environmental pollution. Using plant-
based materials allows manufacturing of goods from renewable resources. My laboratory and company are engaged in
producing enzymes for industrial applications using the plant seed system. The advantages of the seed system are that the
production costs can be quite low because scaling-up just involves planting more acres, the seed can be stored for years,
and the enzymes are extremely stable in the seed. We use maize grain to express enzyme genes from fungal and bacterial
sources that have specific applications in biofuels, bioproducts and waste water remediation. Genes for these enzymes are
partially codon optimized and their expression is driven by either an embryo or an endosperm promoter and targeted to
one of three subcellular locations—the cell wall, the endoplasmic reticulum or the vacuole. Expressed enzymes include three
cellulases, a phospholipase, a Mn peroxidase, and a laccase. Once the gene is expressed and a high-expressing event chosen,
breeding into elite inbred germplasm commences. Applications of the various enzymes will be discussed along with regulatory
considerations.
Biography
Elizabeth E Hood has 35 years of experience in Biology. She is Distinguished Professor of Agriculture at Arkansas State University and; CEO of two biotechnology start-up
companies—Infinite Enzymes, LLC and Infinite Eversole Strategic Crop Services, LLC. Previously, she was an Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology
Transfer at ASU; Program Director in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the National Science Foundation: Leader in forming one of the world’s foremost transgenic
plant research groups at ProdiGene, a plant biotechnology company. She has completed his PhD in Plant Biology at Washington University and MS in Botany awarded
by Oklahoma State University.
Elizabeth E Hood1,2
1Arkansas State University, USA
2Infinite Enzymes, LLC, USA