Peptides and Proteins for Fighting Pests and Protecting the Environment

用于防治害虫和保护环境的肽和蛋白质

• 批准号: FT220100583
• 负责人: Dr Conan Wang
• 金额: $ 58.46万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-06-29 至 2027-06-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT220100583
• 关键词: Peptides; Proteins; Fighting; Pests; Protecting

This project aims to use peptides and proteins to fight pests and protect the environment, which is significant because current practices have unintended harmful effects and are unsustainable. Achieving these aims must first involve scientific development of ecofriendly lead molecules. This project will develop platform technologies for the design of bioactive peptides or proteins based on molecules used naturally for highly selective functions in communication and defence. Expected outcomes include novel peptide and protein leads and improved strategies for developing them, which will lead to new and safer ways of protecting biodiversity and food security that are expected to reduce our environmental footprint and bring economic benefits.

该项目旨在利用肽和蛋白质来对抗害虫和保护环境，这是非常重要的，因为目前的做法具有意想不到的有害影响，并且是不可持续的。实现这些目标首先必须涉及对生态友好的铅分子的科学开发。该项目将开发平台技术，用于设计基于天然分子的生物活性肽或蛋白质，用于通信和防御中的高度选择性功能。预期成果包括新的肽和蛋白质先导化合物以及改进的开发战略，这将导致以新的和更安全的方式保护生物多样性和粮食安全，预计将减少我们的环境足迹并带来经济效益。