Novozymes develops specialized technologies and advanced computer software to search for new enzymes in gene databases. At the same time, the company is developing its own databases with the gene sequences of all our production organisms
The structure and function of an enzyme is determined by the genetic code in the organism that produces the enzyme. Knowledge of the DNA of microorganisms is therefore the key to finding and producing enzymes in the future.
In the past 20 years Novozymes has systematically collected biological information from its own production organisms and through cooperation with other research laboratories throughout the world. Novozymes started deciphering the genetic code of several microorganisms in 1995 and has continuously expanded its efforts in the field ever since.
Novozymes currently has a strong position in genome research thanks to specialized computational tools and technologies developed exclusively for the company. These tools are not only used to find new enzymes or interesting genes in our own biological databases, but can also be used to search the wide variety of public databases such as GeneBank, Swissprot and the Brookhaven Protein Structure Database.
Biological databases are one of Novozymes’ most important means of obtaining information about gene sequences, gene functions and the structure and function of enzymes. Novozymes is therefore constantly developing and expanding its efforts in the following fields:
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Computational biology
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Protein structure