Biocatalysis / by A. S. Bommarius, B. R. Riebel. -- Wiley-VCH, 2004. -- 58.17435/B696

Contents

Contents:

1. Introduction to Biocatalysis  1

2. Characterization of a (Bio-) catalyst  19

3. Isolation and Preparation of Microorganisms  43

4. Molecular Biology Tools for Biocatalysis  61

5. Enzyme Reaction Engineering  91

6. applications of Enzymes as Bulk Actives: Detergents, Textiles, Pulp and Paper, Animal Feed  135

7. Application of Enzymes as Catalysts: Basic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Food, Crop Protection, Bulk Pharmaceuticals  159

8. Biotechnological Processing Steps for Enzyme Manufacture  209

9. Methods for the Investigation of Proteins  243

10. Protein Engineering  281

11. Applications of Recombinant DNA Technology: Directed Evolution  309

12. Biocatalysis in Non-conventional Media  339

13. Pharmaceutical Applications of Biocatalysis  373

14. Bioinformatics  413

15. Systems Biology for biocatalysis  433

16. Evolution of Biocatalytic Function  457

17. Stability of Proteins  487

18. Artificial Enzymes  511

19. Design of Biocatalytic Processes  539

20. Comparison of Biologucal and Chemical Catalysts for Novel Processes  569