MAKING CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING MORE SUSTAINABLE

Enzyan's mission

How can biocatalysis make the manufacturing of value-added chemical products more efficient and sustainable, cheaper and cleaner? We provide experimental data that helps manufacturing companies to implement biocatalytic cascades in their production plants. Thereby, we contribute to the transition toward a greener chemical production.

WHY BIOCATALYSIS?

STATE OF THE ART

In traditional chemical synthesis non-compatible reactions are carried out separately. This is time consuming, inefficient and infers high costs due to intermediate purification.

METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF MICROBES

Live microbes with artificially designed metabolic pathways produce chemicals through a series of enzyme-catalyzed reactions from renewable feedstocks. Such systems are difficult to optimize and only yield low product titers.

OUR APPROACH: IN VITRO BIOCASCADES

The benefits of chemical synthesis and metabolic engineering combined. No living cells are needed. Compatible biocatalysts (enzymes) operate together in a single  reaction vessel with high substrate loadings, selectivity and under mild reaction conditions. 

WHAT WE DO...

CASCADE DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION

We identify an ensemble of biocatalysts that could deliver a desired value-added product from preferably renewable starting materials. Furthermore, we find the conditions under which the biocatalysts optimally work together and yield the highest product quality and quantity.

ENZYME CHARACTERIZATION

Can an enzyme or protein of interest be produced in a microbial host organism? How could the heterologous expression be optimized? Is the biocatalyst able to convert a given substrate into the desired product(s)? These and more questions are addressed in our enzyme characterization service.

Biocatalysis is perfectly suited to transform substrates from renewable resources to value-added chemical products

APPLICATIONS

Pharmaceuticals and APIs

Biofuel production

Beverage- and food additives

Cleaning technology

Biotech

Fragrance- and flavor compounds

Bioplastic monomers

Agrochemical products

ABOUT ENZYAN

Our interdisciplinary team combines a strong scientific background in the fields of biocatalysis, biotechnology and organic chemistry with entrepreneurial experience.

OPERATIONAL STAFF

Dr. Stefan Payer
(Chemist, CEO)

 

Dr. Mattia Lazzarotto
(Chemist, CSO)

 

Dr. Mathias Pickl-Farnberger
(Chemist, COO)

 

Stefan Steinberger
(Partnerships, CCO)

 

Dr. Stefan Simic
(Senior Scientist Biocatalysis)

 

Dr. Sarah Berger
(Senior Scientist Biocatalysis)

 

ADVISORS

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kroutil
(Chemist)

 

Dr. Elisa Lanfranchi
(Biotechnologist)

 

We are a spinoff of

OUR RESOURCES

Vast experience and know-how in chemistry and biocatalysis

Wet lab infrastructure

Diverse biocatalyst library

Modern analytical instruments

Liquid-handling robot for high-throughput experimentation

AI-assisted cascade optimization

Funded through Preseed – Deep Tech by the Austrian BMAW and BMK executed by aws

Current AplusB incubatee at

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AND LET‘S START THINKING ABOUT BIOCATALYSIS!