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The transformation of polysaccharides into valuable compounds for health and industry requires the careful application of enzyme protocols and controlled biocatalysis.Polysaccharide-Degrading Biocatalysts provides a thorough grounding in these biocatalytic processes and their growing role in the depolymerization of polysaccharides, empowering.
1. Structural Polysaccharides: deconstruction and characterization protocols 2. Genetic modification of plant cell walls to increase the accessibility of polysaccharide degrading enzymes 3. Polysaccharide degradation routes: microbial and enzymatic -- general methodological approach 4. From conventional to innovative tools in the future of polysaccharide degrading biocatalystis 5. Pretreatments as a key for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass 6. Cellulases: new insights and limitations 7. Hemicellulose degrading enzymes: the importance of accessory enzymes 8. How ligninolytic enzymes can help in the degradation of biomass polysaccharides: cleavage and catalytic mechanisms 9. Latest and promising applications of amylases 10. Hydrolysis of complex pectin structures: biocatalysis and bioproducts 11. Algae polysaccharides: biocatalysts for biorefinery 12. Step by step to develop a polysaccharide-based biomass valorization process -- from lab to industrial scale 13. Polysaccharide degradation products: building blocks for chemicals and biochemical platforms 14. Polysaccharide degradation for oligosaccharide production with nutraceutical potential for food industry 15. Biomass-derived monomers for enzymatic production of rare sugar with a focus on the pharmaceutical industry 16. Enzyme Immobilization for hydrolysis of polysaccharides 17. Carbohydrate-based economy: perspectives and challenges
edited by Rosana Goldbeck, Patricia Poletto.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundations and frontiers in enzymology series