Modern biocatalysis: stereoselective and environmentally friendly reactions

This reference covers the wide and rapidly growing field of biocatalysis. It combines complementary expertise from such areas as microbiology, enzymology, molecular biology structural biology and organic chemistry, thus highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of the subject. With its special focus on progress and new developments towards environmentally beneficial reactions with high levels of selectivity for the production of key compound classes, this book will enlighten both chemists and biologists as to the advances and opportunitiesexisting in enzyme catalysis. INDICE: Fluorescence Assays for Biotransformations Immobilization as a Tool to Improve Enzymes Continuous-Flow Microchannel Reactors with Surface-Immobilized Biocatalyst Activity and Stability of Proteases in Hydrophilic Solvents Importance of Enzyme Formulation for the Activity and Enantioselectivity of Lipases in Organic Solvents Direct Esterification with Dry Mycelium of Moulds: A(Stereo)selective, Mild and Efficient Method to Obtain Structurally Diverse Esters Factors Affecting Enantioselectivity. Allosteric Effects Kinetic Resolution of Sec-Alcohol in Non-Conventional Media Strategies for the Biocatalytic Lipophilization of Phenolic Antioxidants Biocatalysis Applied to the Synthesis of Nucleoside Analogues Efficient Fructooligosaccharide Synthesis with a Fructosyltransferase from Aspergillus Aculeatus Hydantoin Racemase: The Key Enzyme for the Production of Optically Pure Alpha-Amino Acids Chemo-Enzymatic Deracemization Methods Nitrilases from Filamentous Fungi Nitrilase and Nitrile Hydratase Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Nonproteinogenic Amino Acids Nitrilases in the Enantioselective Synthesis of Alpha-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids UF-Membrane Bioreactors for Kinetics Characterization of Nitrile Hydratase-Amidase Catalyzed Reactions: A Short Survey Enzymes Catalysing C-C Bond Formation for the Synthesis of Monosaccharides Analogues Novel Strategies in Aldolase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Iminosugars Biocatalytic Asymmetric Oxidations with Oxygen 2nd Generation Baeyer-Villiger Biocatalysts

• ISBN: 978-3-527-32071-4
• Editorial: Wiley-VCH
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés