Main description:

This book is a unique resource for state-of-the-art research findings on biotechnological innovations in the area of industrial and therapeutic enzymes. It considers special-function and extreme-nature enzymes such as ribozymes, therozymes, cold-adapted enzymes, etc, covering all aspects such as the producing micro-organisms, their mode of cultivation, downstream processing and applications. It provides a great deal of information on the potential of enzymes for commercial exploitation. The information is organized in an easy-to-use format that highlights the most relevant topics and includes photographs, figures, and tables.

Contents:

Part- I: General and Fundamentals

General Introduction, Ashok Pandey and Sumitra Ramachandran

General properties of enzymes, Sandra A Furlan and Hari K Pant

Enzyme kinetics and modelling of enzymatic systems, Emmanuel M Papamichael and Leonidas G Theodorou

Thermodynamics of enzyme catalysed reactions, Robert N Goldberg and Yadu B Tewari

Regeneration of cofactors for enzyme biocatalysis, Ryan D Woodyer, Tyler W Johannes and Huimin Zhao

Biocatalysis in organic media using enzymes,Adrie JJ Straathof

Biotransformations with crude enzymes and whole cells, Pierre Fontanille, Jean-Bernard Gros and Christian Larroche

Enzymes as tools for the stereospecific formation of carbon-carbon bonds for the synthesis of monosaccharides and analogs, Jean Bolte, Virgil Helaine, Laurence Hecquet and Marielle Lemaire

Enzymes engineered for new reactions - Novel catalysts for organic synthesis, Per Berglund

Part- II: Industrial Enzymes

Alpha amylase, T Satyanarayana, JL Uma Maheswar Rao and M Ezhilvannan

Glucoamylase, Carlos R Soccol, Pappy J Rojan, Anil K Patel, Adenise L Woiciechowski, Luciana PS Vandenberghe and Ashok Pandey

Glucose isomerase, Vasanti Deshpande and Mala Rao

Cellulase, George Szakacs, Robert P Tengerdy and Viviana Nagy

Pectinase, Ernesto Favela-Torres, Cristobal Aguilar, Juan C Contreras-Esqiver and Gustav Viniegra-Gonzalez

Lipase, Ali Kademi, Danielle Leblanc and Alain Houde

Protease, Chandran Sandhya, Alagarsamy Sumantha and Ashok Pandey

Xylanase, P Prema

Inulinase, Chandran Sandhya and Ashok Pandey

Phytase, Krishnan Roopesh, Sumitra Ramachandran, K Madhavan Nampoothiri, Carlos R Soccol and Ashok Pandey

Tannase, Jurgen van der Lagemaat and David Leo Pyle

Peroxidases, Carlos G Dosoretz and Gary Ward

Chitinase, Parameswran Binod, Chandran Sandhya, Ashok Pandey and Carlos R Soccol

Invertases, Jorge Gracida Rodriguez, Ernesto Favela-Torres, Lilia A Prado-Barragan, Sergio Huerta-Ochoa and Gerardo Saucedo-Castaneda

Mannanases, Sergio Huerta-Ochoa, Lilia Arely Prado-Barragan, Jorge Gracida-Rodriguez, Ernest Favela-Torres and Carlos Regalado-Gonzalez

Part- III: Bioreactor, Down-stream Processing and Applications

Bioreactor analysis and applications, Jean-Bernad Gros and Christian Larroche

Isolation and purification of enzymes, Rintu Banerjee

Applications of Industrial enzymes, Carlos R Soccol, Luciana PS Vandenberghe, Adenise L Woiciechowski and Sumathy Babitha

Immobilisation of enzymes, Jens T Schumacher, Gaber A M Mersal and Ursula Beteliwski

Protein engineering of industrial enzymes, Juha Kammonen, Ossi Turunen and Matti Leisola

Part- IV: Specific Enzymes and Their Applications

Thermozymes, Sudip K Rakshit

Cold-adapted enzymes, Ricardo Cavicchioli and Khawar Sohail Siddiqui

Ribozymes, Jahar K Deb and Chilakamarthi Ushasri

Hybrid enzymes, Licia M Pera, Mario D Baigori and Guillermo R Castro

Diagnostic enzymes, Sudip K Rakshit

Therapeutic enzymes, K Madhavan Nampoothiri, Abdulhameed Sabu and Ashok Pandey

Inteins: Enzymes generating protein splicing, Isabelle Saves

Subject Index