Protabit engineers novel proteins for industrial, agricultural, and healthcare applications. Their platform combines computational modeling with high-throughput screening and directed evolution to expand the diversity of protein sequences, enabling the creation of new proteins with desired functions.
Funding
$1M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Current protein engineering methods rely heavily on large-scale laboratory screening, which can be time-consuming and resource-intensive. Identifying novel proteins or enhancing existing ones with desired functions requires exploring a vast sequence space, posing a significant challenge for researchers.
Solution
Protabit offers a platform that integrates computational modeling, high-throughput screening, and directed evolution to streamline protein engineering. Their approach expands the diversity of protein sequences explored, facilitating the creation of novel proteins with tailored functions for industrial, agricultural, and healthcare applications. The platform includes Triad, a computational protein design software, and ProtaBank, a collaborative protein engineering database. By combining in silico design with experimental validation, Protabit accelerates the protein engineering process, reducing the reliance on extensive lab work.
Target Audience
Protabit's primary customers include researchers and companies in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and industrial enzyme sectors seeking to engineer proteins with enhanced or novel functionalities.
Features
- Triad: Web-based software for computational protein design, featuring automated workflows, interactive analysis, and visualization tools
- ProtaBank: A protein engineering database with a standardized format for mutant protein sequences and experimental assay data
- Algorithms for generating enzyme variants predicted to be stable at higher temperatures
- Integration of ProTherm data, providing access to a large source of thermodynamic protein stability data
- API access for programmatic data retrieval and submission