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Biocatalysis - From Discovery to Application

By David C. Demirjian , Pratik C. Shah (auth.) , Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Fessner , A. Archelas , D. C. Demirjian , R. Furstoss , H. Griengl , K. -E. Jaeger , E. Morís-Varas , R. Öhrlein , M. T. Reetz , J.-L. Reymond , M. Schmidt , S. Servi , P. C. Shah , W. Tischer , F. Wedekind (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1999
ISBN
978-3-540-64942-7, 978-3-540-68116-8
DOI
10.1007/3-540-68116-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4019406 bytes)
Series
Topics in Current Chemistry 200
Edition
1
Pages
254\272
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
general; BiotechnologyOrganic Chemistry; Biochemistry

Description

Catalytic procedures are clearly the most economical means to effect selective processes in organic synthesis. For the preparation of enantiomerically pure compounds, the utilization of enzymes is particularly attractive because of high selectivities and mild, environmentally benign reaction conditions. Taking advantage of advances in molecular biology, unique new enzymes are now readily accessible in quantity with properties that are amenable to modification on demand. This volume brings together leading contributors from the forefront of this exciting technology. In their authoritative and timely rewies they cover the state-of-the-art of biocatalysis from the discovery of novel enzymes - by modern screening, evolutionary or immunological approaches - through immobilization techniques for technical processes, to their use in the asymmetric synthesis of important target compounds. Thus, several chapters illustrate the synthetic potential of recently emerging biocatalysts in the phospholipid, epoxide, cyanohydrin, and oligosaccharide fields.

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