Protein engineering companies design and modify proteins to improve their activity, stability, selectivity and suitability for specific applications. These technologies support therapeutic development, industrial biotechnology, diagnostics and the creation of improved enzymes and research tools.
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Browse 86 UK protein engineering companies below.
Directed evolution platform engineering microbes for industrial biomanufacturing
Evolutor is a biotechnology company developing directed evolution technologies to enhance microbial performance for industrial biomanufacturing. Its proprietary genetic toolbox…
AI platform generating novel therapeutic proteins for biotech partners
Latent Labs is a UK-based developer of artificial intelligence models that generate entirely new therapeutic proteins not found in nature. Building on foundational AI…
Benchtop platform for rapid cell-free protein expression and screening
Nuclera is a Cambridge-based biotechnology company developing benchtop systems for rapid protein expression and screening. Its discovery platform integrates cell-free protein…
Speciality enzyme discovery, development, and commercial-scale manufacture
Biocatalysts is a Welsh industrial biotechnology company specialising in the discovery, development, and commercial-scale manufacture of speciality enzymes. Operating from…
Nanopore platform for single-molecule full-length protein sequencing
Portal Biotech is a biotechnology company developing benchtop nanopore instruments for single-molecule proteomics and metabolomics. Its platform uses bioengineered nanopores…
ML-guided strain engineering to optimise precision fermentation yields
Eden Bio is a biotechnology company using machine learning to optimise the genetic engineering of microbial strains for precision fermentation. Its platform identifies…
AI-driven enzyme discovery for sustainable industrial ingredients
Scindo is a UK biotechnology company developing an AI-powered enzyme discovery and engineering platform to produce bio-based alternatives to petroleum-derived industrial…
Mammalian recombinant protein production and cell line development services
Daresbury Proteins is a contract research organisation specialising in mammalian recombinant protein production and cell line development. Using proprietary expression vectors…
Generative AI and quantum chemistry platform for de novo enzyme design
Xyme is a biotechnology company developing a generative AI and quantum chemistry platform for designing novel enzymes from first principles. Its approach combines computational…
Medical-grade collagen biomaterials for regenerative medicine devices
Evergen develops, manufactures, and supplies medical-grade collagen biomaterials and engineered tissue scaffolds for use in medical devices and regenerative medicine. Operating…
Precision fermentation platform producing animal-free dairy proteins
Better Dairy is a biotechnology company using precision fermentation to produce animal-free dairy proteins including casein and osteopontin. By engineering yeast to express…
Carbohydrate binding molecules targeting the tumour glycome in cancer
Omideon is a Scottish preclinical biotechnology company applying multivalent carbohydrate binding molecule (mCBM) technology to oncology. Spun out from Pneumagen Limited by…