The transformation of polysaccharides into valuable compounds for health and industry requires the careful application of enzyme protocols and controlled biocatalysis.
Polysaccharide-Degrading Biocatalysts provides a thorough grounding in these biocatalytic processes and their growing role in the depolymerization of polysaccharides, empowering researchers to discover and develop new enzyme-based approaches across pharmaceuticals, fuels, and food engineering. Here, over a dozen leading experts offer a close examination of structural polysaccharides, genetic modification of polysaccharides, polysaccharide degradation routes, pretreatments for enzymatic hydrolysis, hemicellulose-degrading enzymes, biomass valorization processes, oligosaccharide production, and enzyme immobilization for the hydrolysis of polysaccharides, among other topics and related research protocols. A final chapter considers perspectives and challenges in an evolving, carbohydrate-based economy.
1. Polysaccharide-Degrading Biocatalysts - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page i 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iv 5. Copyright - p. Page v 6. Contributors - p. Page v 7. List of Illustrations - p. Page ix 8. List of Tables - p. Page x 9. Chapter 1 : Plant cell wall polysaccharides: Methodologies for compositional, structural, and physicochemical characterization - p. Page x 10. Chapter 2 : Genetic modification of plants to increase the saccharification of lignocellulose - p. Page 26 11. Chapter 3 : The diversity of plant carbohydrate hydrolysis in nature and technology - p. Page 51 12. Chapter 4 : State-of-the-art experimental and computational approaches to investigate structure, substrate recognition, and catalytic mechanism of enzymes - p. Page 71 13. Chapter 5 : Pretreatments as a key for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass - p. Page 96 14. Chapter 6 : Importance of accessory enzymes in hemicellulose degradation - p. Page 131 15. Chapter 7 : How ligninolytic enzymes can help in the degradation of biomass polysaccharides, cleavage, and catalytic mechanisms? - p. Page 167 16. Chapter 8 : Biochemical and biotechnological aspects of microbial amylases - p. Page 188 17. Chapter 9 : Hydrolysis of complex pectin structures: Biocatalysis and bioproducts - p. Page 201 18. Chapter 10 : Macroalgal polysaccharides: Biocatalysts in biofuel/bioenergy production - p. Page 219 19. Chapter 11 : Mathematical modeling of the enzymatic hydrolysis of polysaccharides: A primer - p. Page 263 20. Chapter 12 : Polysaccharide deconstruction products: Production of bio-based building blocks - p. Page 303 21. Chapter 13 : Polysaccharide degradation for oligosaccharide production with nutraceutical potential for the food industry - p. Page 327 22. Chapter 14 : Carbohydrate-active enzymes in the production of lactose-derived tagatose - p. Page 357 23. Chapter 15 : Immobilized biocatalysts for hydrolysis of polysaccharides - p. Page 378 24. Chapter 16 : Carbohydrate-based economy: Perspectives and challenges - p. Page 403 25. Index - p. Page 426
The transformation of polysaccharides into valuable compounds for health and industry requires the careful application of enzyme protocols and controlled biocatalysis.
Polysaccharide-Degrading Biocatalysts provides a thorough grounding in these biocatalytic processes and their growing role in the depolymerization of polysaccharides, empowering researchers to discover and develop new enzyme-based approaches across pharmaceuticals, fuels, and food engineering. Here, over a dozen leading experts offer a close examination of structural polysaccharides, genetic modification of polysaccharides, polysaccharide degradation routes, pretreatments for enzymatic hydrolysis, hemicellulose-degrading enzymes, biomass valorization processes, oligosaccharide production, and enzyme immobilization for the hydrolysis of polysaccharides, among other topics and related research protocols. A final chapter considers perspectives and challenges in an evolving, carbohydrate-based economy.
1. Polysaccharide-Degrading Biocatalysts - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page i 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iv 5. Copyright - p. Page v 6. Contributors - p. Page v 7. List of Illustrations - p. Page ix 8. List of Tables - p. Page x 9. Chapter 1 : Plant cell wall polysaccharides: Methodologies for compositional, structural, and physicochemical characterization - p. Page x 10. Chapter 2 : Genetic modification of plants to increase the saccharification of lignocellulose - p. Page 26 11. Chapter 3 : The diversity of plant carbohydrate hydrolysis in nature and technology - p. Page 51 12. Chapter 4 : State-of-the-art experimental and computational approaches to investigate structure, substrate recognition, and catalytic mechanism of enzymes - p. Page 71 13. Chapter 5 : Pretreatments as a key for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass - p. Page 96 14. Chapter 6 : Importance of accessory enzymes in hemicellulose degradation - p. Page 131 15. Chapter 7 : How ligninolytic enzymes can help in the degradation of biomass polysaccharides, cleavage, and catalytic mechanisms? - p. Page 167 16. Chapter 8 : Biochemical and biotechnological aspects of microbial amylases - p. Page 188 17. Chapter 9 : Hydrolysis of complex pectin structures: Biocatalysis and bioproducts - p. Page 201 18. Chapter 10 : Macroalgal polysaccharides: Biocatalysts in biofuel/bioenergy production - p. Page 219 19. Chapter 11 : Mathematical modeling of the enzymatic hydrolysis of polysaccharides: A primer - p. Page 263 20. Chapter 12 : Polysaccharide deconstruction products: Production of bio-based building blocks - p. Page 303 21. Chapter 13 : Polysaccharide degradation for oligosaccharide production with nutraceutical potential for the food industry - p. Page 327 22. Chapter 14 : Carbohydrate-active enzymes in the production of lactose-derived tagatose - p. Page 357 23. Chapter 15 : Immobilized biocatalysts for hydrolysis of polysaccharides - p. Page 378 24. Chapter 16 : Carbohydrate-based economy: Perspectives and challenges - p. Page 403 25. Index - p. Page 426
