Applications of Protein Engineering and Directed Evolution in Plant Research

Martin K M Engqvist; Kersten S Rabe

doi:10.1104/pp.18.01534

Applications of Protein Engineering and Directed Evolution in Plant Research

Plant Physiol. 2019 Mar;179(3):907-917. doi: 10.1104/pp.18.01534. Epub 2019 Jan 9.

Authors

Martin K M Engqvist¹, Kersten S Rabe²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Division of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Gothenburg, Sweden martin.engqvist@chalmers.se.
² Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG 1), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Group for Molecular Evolution, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Abstract

Engineered proteins can be used to optimize desired traits in plants; even though recent advances have resulted in new application areas, certain methodological challenges remain.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Biotechnology / methods
Directed Molecular Evolution
Plants / genetics*
Plants / metabolism
Protein Engineering*
Research