Acronym: PMOVN

Title: Caratterizzazione di alcune monoossigenasi di polisaccaridi di interesse industriale e di enzimi correlati

Call: Other Funding Scheme

Duration: Starting date: 01/01/2017 - Project end: 31/12/2017 (12 months)

Coordinator: UNIPD - Università degli Studi di Padova 

Total EU Contribution: € 0,00

TESAF Budget: €  56.000,00

Responsible Scientific Officer/Investigator: Luca Sella

Research Team: Francesco Favaron, Marta De Zotti

Brief description: The main objectives of PMOVN are

1. identifying the roles of PMOs and related enzymes during M. oryzae pathogenesis; 
2. developing new methods to control rice blast disease by exploiting natural molecules or inhibitor proteins effective against the fungal enzymes involved in virulence; 
3. analysing the enzymatic activities of M. oryzae PMOs and related enzymes on polysaccharides and lignin to develop new enzyme mixtures for rice straw degradation and biofuel production.

Sito Web: https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/politica_estera/cooperscientificatecnologica/progetti_grande_rilevanza.html