Description
Book SynopsisBiocatalysis 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 environmentally friendly properties—are currently employed.
Drivers are the big societal challenges resulting from concerns about the global climate change and the need for an assured energy supply. Modern biocatalysis relies to a large extent on the tremendous advances in the so-called 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.
Trade Review"This book provides an actual and comprehensive overview of industrial biocatalysis, written by top scientists from academia and industry. It highlights by means of many examples how biocatalysis increasingly contributes to making the different areas of the chemical industry more sustainable through fostering an ongoing development towards a more bio-based economy. The book is highly recommended to all scientists active in this field as an excellent source for further inspirations and in addition should greatly assist academic lectures in this field."
—Prof. Yasuhisa Asano, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
Table of ContentsBiocatalysts: 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.
