Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals
Advances in Enzyme Technology

Provides an updated holistic view of the fundamental aspects of enzyme engineering and technology, including recent research advances

Ram Sarup Singh (Edited by), Reeta Rani Singhania (Edited by), Ashok Pandey (Edited by), Christian Larroche (Edited by)

9780444641144

Paperback / softback, published 6 February 2019

524 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.3 cm, 1.09 kg

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.

1. Microbial enzymes: An overview
2. Purification of enzymes
3. Enzyme kinetics and modelling of enzymatic systems
4. Thermodynamics of enzyme catalyzed reaction
5. Enzymatic biocatalysis in chemical transformations: A promising and emerging field in green chemistry
6. Current and emerging technologies for the development of novel enzyme catalysis
7. Industrial applications of multistep enzyme reactions
8. Enzyme nanocarriers
9. Immobilized enzymes and their implications
10. Enzyme based biosensors and their applications
11. Enzymes as diagnostic tools
12. Enzymes as analytical tools for the assessment of food quality and food safety
13. Metabolic engineering for the improvement of industrial enzymes
14. Enzyme engineering
15. Recombinant enzymes in food and pharmaceutical industry
16. Tailoring of industrial enzymes
17. Metagenomics and the search for industrial enzymes
18. Bioinformatics of industrial enzymes
19. Enzymes: Emerging trends and future perspectives
20. Global market scenario of industrial enzymes

Subject Areas: Biochemical engineering [TC]