UQ Home Biochemistry Home Page Personel and Research Research Areas in Biochemistry Biological Chemistry and Biotechnology Biological Chemistry and Biotechnology Proteins are the nano-scale machines responsible for virtually every process occurring in living systems. To understand and manipulate biological processes, we need a detailed knowledge of protein function at the molecular level.
Proteins are essential enabling components of the biotechnology revolution.
Several staff members of the Department have major interests in protein biochemistry and biotechnology. Current projects include studies of resistant forms of the herbicide target enzyme, acetohydroxyacid synthase, membrane proteins including the LDL-receptor and enzymes of the purine salvage pathway in humans and the malaria parasite. The Department is well equipped for this research and operates a Protein Technology Laboratory and a Protein Expression Laboratory.