Biomass, Biofuels and Biochemicals: Advances in Enzyme Technology provides state-of-the-art information on the fundamental aspects and current perspectives in enzyme technology to graduate students, postgraduates and researchers working in industry and academia. The book provides information about the use of enzyme technology as an important tool for biotechnological processes, including food, feed, fuels, textiles, paper, energy and environmental applications. The search for improvements in existing enzyme-catalyzed processes dictates the need to update information on various enzyme technologies. The book gives a snapshot of current practice and research in the area of enzyme technology.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. ix 6. Preface - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1: Microbial Enzymes—An Overview - p. xiv 8. Chapter 2: Isolation and Purification of Industrial Enzymes: Advances in Enzyme Technology - p. 40 9. Chapter 3: Enzyme Kinetics and Modeling of Enzymatic Systems - p. 70 10. Chapter 4: Thermodynamics of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions - p. 104 11. Chapter 5: Enzymes in Green Chemistry: The State of the Art in Chemical Transformations - p. 135 12. Chapter 6: Enzyme Nanocarriers - p. 151 13. Chapter 7: Immobilized Enzymes and Their Applications - p. 168 14. Chapter 8: Enzyme-Based Biosensors and Their Applications - p. 200 15. Chapter 9: Enzymes as Diagnostic Tools - p. 223 16. Chapter 10: Enzymes as Analytical Tools for the Assessment of Food Quality and Food Safety - p. 271 17. Chapter 11: Metabolic Engineering of Enzyme-Regulated Bioprocesses - p. 292 18. Chapter 12: Enzyme Engineering - p. 323 19. Chapter 13: Recombinant Enzymes in the Food and Pharmaceutical Industries - p. 347 20. Chapter 14: Chimeragenesis for Biocatalysis - p. 387 21. Chapter 15: Metagenomics in the Search for Industrial Enzymes - p. 418 22. Chapter 16: Computational Resources and Techniques in Enzyme Research - p. 451 23. Chapter 17: Thermostable Enzymes for Industrial Biotechnology - p. 468 24. Index - p. 497
Biomass, Biofuels and Biochemicals: Advances in Enzyme Technology provides state-of-the-art information on the fundamental aspects and current perspectives in enzyme technology to graduate students, postgraduates and researchers working in industry and academia. The book provides information about the use of enzyme technology as an important tool for biotechnological processes, including food, feed, fuels, textiles, paper, energy and environmental applications. The search for improvements in existing enzyme-catalyzed processes dictates the need to update information on various enzyme technologies. The book gives a snapshot of current practice and research in the area of enzyme technology.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. ix 6. Preface - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1: Microbial Enzymes—An Overview - p. xiv 8. Chapter 2: Isolation and Purification of Industrial Enzymes: Advances in Enzyme Technology - p. 40 9. Chapter 3: Enzyme Kinetics and Modeling of Enzymatic Systems - p. 70 10. Chapter 4: Thermodynamics of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions - p. 104 11. Chapter 5: Enzymes in Green Chemistry: The State of the Art in Chemical Transformations - p. 135 12. Chapter 6: Enzyme Nanocarriers - p. 151 13. Chapter 7: Immobilized Enzymes and Their Applications - p. 168 14. Chapter 8: Enzyme-Based Biosensors and Their Applications - p. 200 15. Chapter 9: Enzymes as Diagnostic Tools - p. 223 16. Chapter 10: Enzymes as Analytical Tools for the Assessment of Food Quality and Food Safety - p. 271 17. Chapter 11: Metabolic Engineering of Enzyme-Regulated Bioprocesses - p. 292 18. Chapter 12: Enzyme Engineering - p. 323 19. Chapter 13: Recombinant Enzymes in the Food and Pharmaceutical Industries - p. 347 20. Chapter 14: Chimeragenesis for Biocatalysis - p. 387 21. Chapter 15: Metagenomics in the Search for Industrial Enzymes - p. 418 22. Chapter 16: Computational Resources and Techniques in Enzyme Research - p. 451 23. Chapter 17: Thermostable Enzymes for Industrial Biotechnology - p. 468 24. Index - p. 497
