Industrial enzymes : structure, function and applications

The Resource Industrial enzymes : structure, function and applications
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Industrial enzymes : structure, function and applications
Title remainder
structure, function and applications
Statement of responsibility
edited by Julio Polaina and Andrew P. MacCabe
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Language
eng
Summary
(Publisher-supplied data) Man's use of enzymes dates back to the earliest times of civilization. Important human activities such as the production of certain types of foods and beverages, and the tanning of hides and skins to produce leather for garments, serendipitously took advantage of enzyme activities. Important advances in our understanding of the nature of enzymes and their action were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, seeding the explosive expansion from the 1950s and 60s onward to the present billion dollar enzyme industry. Recent developments in the fields of genetic engineering and protein chemistry are bringing ever more powerful means of analysis to bear on the study of enzyme structure and function that will undoubtedly lead to the rational modification of enzymes to match specific requirements as well as the design of new enzymes with novel properties. This volume reviews the most important types of industrial enzymes, covering in a balanced manner three interrelated aspects of paramount importance for enzyme performance: three-dimensional protein structure, physicochemical and catalytic properties, and the range of both classical and novel applications. The material covered will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students in biochemistry, biotechnology and applied microbiology in addition to researchers and industrialists
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Cataloging source
GW5XE
Dewey number
660.6/34
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
TP248.65.E59
LC item number
I52 2007eb
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
TP248.65.E59
NAL item number
I53 2007
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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