Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE

Amount

$895,017.00

Award Date

7/20/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

New enzymes can evolve by recruitment of enzymes that have a promiscuous ability to catalyze a newly needed reaction. This project addresses the early stages of evolution of a new activity using the promiscuous N-acetyl glutamyl phosphate (NAGP) reductase