Polysaccharide degrading biocatalysts /

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 dep...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2023]
Series:Foundations and frontiers in enzymology series
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Structural Polysaccharides: deconstruction and characterization protocols <br>2. Genetic modification of plant cell walls to increase the accessibility of polysaccharide degrading enzymes <br>3. Polysaccharide degradation routes: microbial and enzymatic
  • general methodological approach <br>4. From conventional to innovative tools in the future of polysaccharide degrading biocatalystis <br>5. Pretreatments as a key for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass <br>6. Cellulases: new insights and limitations <br>7. Hemicellulose degrading enzymes: the importance of accessory enzymes <br>8. How ligninolytic enzymes can help in the degradation of biomass polysaccharides: cleavage and catalytic mechanisms <br>9. Latest and promising applications of amylases <br>10. Hydrolysis of complex pectin structures: biocatalysis and bioproducts <br>11. Algae polysaccharides: biocatalysts for biorefinery <br>12. Step by step to develop a polysaccharide-based biomass valorization process
  • from lab to industrial scale <br>13. Polysaccharide degradation products: building blocks for chemicals and biochemical platforms <br>14. Polysaccharide degradation for oligosaccharide production with nutraceutical potential for food industry <br>15. Biomass-derived monomers for enzymatic production of rare sugar with a focus on the pharmaceutical industry <br>16. Enzyme Immobilization for hydrolysis of polysaccharides <br>17. Carbohydrate-based economy: perspectives and challenges