Development of Enzymes: Henkel and Proteus Sign Research Agreement.Business & Biotechnology Editors BIOWIRE2K DUSSELDORF, Germany & NIMES, France--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 13, 2001 The Henkel Group, headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Proteus, Nimes, France, a leading biotechnology company discovering and developing novel biomolecules This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia that describe particular biomolecules or types of biomolecules. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see an article that should be here but isn't (or one that shouldn't be here but is), please update the page , have signed a collaborative research agreement. Proteus and Henkel will jointly develop optimized and novel variants of certain enzymes to further enhance the performance characteristics of Henkel's products for laundry Laundry can be:
Before industrialization and home care applications. In this cooperation, Proteus will use its proprietary directed evolution Directed evolution is a method used in protein engineering to harness the power of Darwinian selection to evolve proteins or RNA with desirable properties not found in nature. and high throughput The speed with which a computer processes data. It is a combination of internal processing speed, peripheral speeds (I/O) and the efficiency of the operating system and other system software all working together. 1. screening technologies. "Within Henkel's R&D Strategy, external support traditionally plays a central role," says Dr. Thomas Muller-Kirschbaum, VP R&D / Technology of Laundry and Home Care. "The joint effort of Proteus and Henkel will further improve Henkel's highly innovative enzyme technology." "One of the key advantages of our technology platform for discovery and directed evolution of biomolecules (including L-Shuffling(TM) , Phenomics(R) and CLIPS-O(TM)) is the efficiency and speed in developing novel enzymes with significantly increased performance over commodity enzymes in current applications, as well as biocatalysts with new performance profiles," comments Daniel Dupret, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Proteus. "Proteus is extremely pleased that Henkel has chosen our company for this important project". Henkel is a worldwide operating specialist in consumer products and systems businesses with affiliates in over 75 countries. The Company is the market leader in Adhesives, Surface Technologies and Industrial and Institutional Hygiene hygiene, science of preserving and promoting the health of both the individual and the community. It has many aspects: personal hygiene (proper living habits, cleanliness of body and clothing, healthful diet, a balanced regimen of rest and exercise); domestic hygiene (jointly with Ecolab Inc.) on a worldwide scale. In Laundry & Home Care and in Cosmetics/Toiletries, Henkel holds a leading position in Europe. Cognis, the carved-out chemicals business, is the world's leading producer of oleochemicals. With over 60,000 employees, Henkel generated sales of 12.8 billion euro in 2000. Proteus is a leading biotechnology company discovering and developing novel biomolecules of industrial interest. The company's activities are supported by specialist know-how and a portfolio of proprietary elements. This portfolio includes a unique microbial microbial pertaining to or emanating from a microbe. microbial digestion the breakdown of organic material, especially feedstuffs, by microbial organisms. biodiversity biodiversity: see biological diversity. biodiversity Quantity of plant and animal species found in a given environment. Sometimes habitat diversity (the variety of places where organisms live) and genetic diversity (the variety of traits expressed with a vast collection of micro-organisms originating from extreme environments and proprietary technologies for functional high throughput screening and directed evolution. Products discovered and developed by Proteus exhibit novel and/or improved activity, efficiency and stability, thus conferring competitive advantages in large global markets. To address such large markets, Proteus works in close partnership with major players of the industry. |
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