Main description:

This book gathers selected studies on the industrial applications of glycoside hydrolases (GHs), presenting an updated classification of these enzymes, and discussing their structure, mechanisms, and various approaches to improve their catalytic efficiency.

Further, it explains the various industrial applications of glycoside hydrolases in food, effluent treatment, biofuel production, and the paper and pulp industries.

Lastly, the book provides a comparative analysis of glycoside hydrolases and discusses the role of metagenomics in the discovery of industrially important enzymes. As such it is a thought-provoking, instructive and informative resource for biochemists, enzymologists, molecular biologists and bioprocess technologists.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 1.1. Introduction to Glycoside Hydrolases: Classification, identification and Occurance.- Chapter 1.2. Structure and Mechanism of Glycosyl Hydrolases and Their Applications Thereof.- Chapter 1.3. Directed Evolution to Improve Catalytic Properties of Industrially Important Carbohydrate Active Enzymes.- Chapter 2. Industrial Applications.- Chapter 2.1. Working Principle of Glycosyl Hydrolases Consortium for Industrial Application.- Chapter 2.2. Insight on Industrial Applications of Glycosyl Hydrolases.- Chapter 2.3. Marine Glycosyl Hydrolases as Tool for Industrial Application.- Chapter 2.4. Glycosyl Hydrolases and Biofuel.- Chapter 2.5. Significance of carbohydrate hydrolyzing Enzymes in Food Industry.- Chapter 2.6. Effluent Treatment by Glycosyl Hydrolases.- Chapter 2.7. Cellulases, Amylases and Xylanases in Pulp and Paper Industries.- Chapter 2.8. The Effects of Xylanase Synergistic Interactions during Lignocellulose Degradation and Their Significance for Industry.- Chapter 3. Functional and comparative genomic analysis of Glycoside Hydrolases.- Chapter 3.1. Evolutionary phylogenetic analysis of Glycosyl Hydrolases.- Chapter 3.2. Role of Metagenomics in Discovery of Industrially Important Cellulase.- Chapter 3.3. Metagenomics, Amylases and Industrial Significance