Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals: Advances in Enzyme Technology

Biomass, Biofuels and Biochemicals: Advances in Enzyme Technology provides state-of-the-art information on the fundamental aspects and current perspectives in enzyme technology to graduate students, postgraduates and researchers working in industry and academia. The book provides information about the use of enzyme technology as an important tool for biotechnological processes, including food, feed, fuels, textiles, paper, energy and environmental applications. The search for improvements in existing enzyme-catalyzed processes dictates the need to update information on various enzyme technologies. The book gives a snapshot of current practice and research in the area of enzyme technology. Includes current and emerging technologies for the development of novel enzyme catalysisOutlines immobilized enzymes and their implicationsRefers to enzymes as diagnostic toolsIncludes metabolic engineering principles for improving industrial enzymes INDICE: 1. Microbial enzymes: An overview2. Purification of enzymes 3. Enzyme kinetics and modelling of enzymatic systems4. Thermodynamics of enzyme catalyzed reaction5. Enzymatic biocatalysis in chemical transformations: A promising and emerging field in green chemistry6. Current and emerging technologies for the development of novel enzyme catalysis7. Industrial applications of multistep enzyme reactions8. Enzyme nanocarriers9. Immobilized enzymes and their implications10. Enzyme based biosensors and their applications11. Enzymes as diagnostic tools12. Enzymes as analytical tools for the assessment of food quality and food safety13. Metabolic engineering for the improvement of industrial enzymes14. Enzyme engineering15. Recombinant enzymes in food and pharmaceutical industry16. Tailoring of industrial enzymes17. Metagenomics and the search for industrial enzymes18. Bioinformatics of industrial enzymes19. Enzymes: Emerging trends and future perspectives20. Global market scenario of industrial enzymes

• ISBN: 978-0-444-64114-4
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 542
• Fecha Publicación: 18/02/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés