Grunwald Industrial Biocatalysis

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-981-4463-89-8
Verlag: Pan Stanford Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 1232 Seiten

Biocatalysis has become an essential tool in the chemical industry and is the core of industrial biotechnology, also known as white biotechnology, making use of biocatalysts in terms of enzymes or whole cells in chemical processes as an alternative to chemical catalysts. This shift can be seen in the many areas of daily life where biocatalysts—with their environment-friendly properties—are currently employed.

Modern biocatalysis relies on the tremendous advances in omics techniques and the structural elucidation of biomolecules, which have led to synthetic biology and metabolic engineering as new research fields with high application potential for the rational design of enzymes and microbial production strains. In this book, renowned scientists discuss the actual developments in these research fields together with a variety of application-oriented topics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grunwald, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Medizinische Biotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Biocatalysts: global market, industrial applications, aspects of biotransformation design and societal challenges

Making use of newly discovered enzymes and pathways: reaction and process development strategies for synthetic applications with recombinant whole-cell biocatalysts and metabolically engineered production strains.

Directed evolution of enzymes for industrial biocatalysis

Strategies to overcome constraints in enzyme evolution and facilitate effective enzyme engineering

Production of functional isoprenoids through pathway engineering

Metabolic engineering for the bio-based conversion of CO2 to biofuels

Mixed microbial cultures for industrial biotechnology: success, chance, and challenges

Extremophiles and their use in biofuel synthesis

Industrial applications of halophilic microorganisms

Non-pathogenic Pseudomonas strains as a platform for industrial biocatalysis

Use of Corynebacterium glutamicum for the production of high-value chemicals from new carbon sources.

Applications of enzymes in industrial biodiesel production

Promiscuous biocatalysts: Applications for synthesis from the laboratory to industrial scale

Micro-magnetic porous and non-porous biocatalyst carriers

Robust enzyme preparations for industrial applications

Hydrolases in non-conventional media: Implications for industrial biocatalysis

Enreductases from cyanobacteria for industrial biocatalysis

Cytochrome P450 biocatalysts: current applications and future prospects

Laccases: green biocatalysts for greener applications

Lipase-catalyzed epoxidation of fatty compounds and alkenes

Synthetic potential of dihydroxyacetone uilizing aldolases

The hydantoinase process: recent developments for the production of non-canonical amino acids.

Biotechnological approaches to dipeptide production

Synthetic enzyme cascades for valuable diols and amino alcohols: smart composition and optimization strategies

Metabolic engineering for the biosynthesis of longevity molecules rapamycin and resveratrol.

Detergent proteases

Industrial starch processing

Algae: a rich source of energy and high-value products

Enzyme-catalyzed processes in a potential algal biorefinery

Biocatalytic synthesis of polymers: a contribution to green chemistry

Bio-based chemicals and materials

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Grunwald studied chemistry at the University of Saarbrücken and the University of Hamburg, Germany, where he graduated in the area of high-frequency spectroscopy and then became a staff member of the Institute of Physical Chemistry. After receiving his PhD in physical chemistry from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hamburg, he founded a biotechnology research group. He was appointed professor in 2001. His research interests focus on the preparation and properties of immobilized enzymes, kinetics of enzymes in organic solvents, and interactions between biocatalysts and heavy metal ions. Prof. Grunwald is also interested in chemical education, including curriculum development.