Award Number: DE-EE0008926, CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, Bioenergy Technologies Office, Location(s): CA, Office(s): Golden Field Office
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April 9, 2020
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Award Number: DE-EE0008926
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to University of California, Berkeley (UCB) to develop a Design-Build-Test-Learn (DBTL) cycle to produce polyketide synthases (PKSs). PKSs are enzyme complexes that are used to turn sugars into a variety of compounds. UCB would seek to demonstrate the utility of using PKSs for the production of one commodity chemical (caprolactam) and two novel materials precursors (2-allylcaprolactam and 2- benzylcaprolactam).