This thesis is an MSc thesis for the University of Duisberg-Essen. The supervisory professor there for the thesis is Prof Bettina Siebers, a world expert on archaeal metabolism.


The thesis cloned  several genes involved in cell wall biosynthesis as part of a Marsden-funded project. The main part of the thesis was to try and determine if any of the cloned enzymes had enzyme activity relating to pseudomurein biosynthesis, but these experiments were inconclusive. One new enzyme structure is reported but it is unknown what activity the enzyme carries out.

The PGGRC will be acknowledged in any future publications of relating to this thesis. 