Proteus lands enzyme discovery deal with Syngenta

Partnership

Proteus SA of Nimes, France, has entered into a collaboration agreement with the agribusiness company Syngenta. The two partners will work on the development of novel high-performing enzymes for next-generation biofuel production.

Both diversity screening and directed evolution methods will be used for the discovery and the optimisation of enzymes for the conversion of biomass into biofuels.

“We believe that our strategy, based on optimised enzymes, holds tremendous potential for the creation of next generation biofuels,” said Ian Jepson, Head of Enzymes R&D at Syngenta. “The collaboration with Proteus helps us to accelerate development by offering technology that complements our core skills in plant expression.”

Further details of the agreement were not disclosed.