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Biocatalysis

From Discovery to Application

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
  2. Screening for Novel Enzymes

    • David C. Demirjian, Pratik C. Shah, Francisco Morís-Varas
    Pages 1-29
  3. Superior Biocatalysts by Directed Evolution

    • Manfred T. Reetz, Karl-Erich Jaeger
    Pages 31-57
  4. Catalytic Antibodies for Organic Synthesis

    • Jean-Louis Reymond
    Pages 59-93
  5. Immobilized Enzymes: Methods and Applications

    • Wilhelm Tischer, Frank Wedekind
    Pages 95-126
  6. Phospholipases as Synthetic Catalysts

    • Stefano Servi
    Pages 127-158
  7. Oxynitrilases: From Cyanogenesis to Asymmetric Synthesis

    • Michael Schmidt, Herfried Griengl
    Pages 193-226
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 257-266

About this book

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 reviews 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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Wolf-Dieter Fessner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biocatalysis

  • Book Subtitle: From Discovery to Application

  • Editors: 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

  • Series Title: Springer Desktop Editions in Chemistry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-68116-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-64942-7Due: 24 November 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-66970-8Published: 14 February 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68116-8Published: 05 September 2003

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 254

  • Number of Illustrations: 75 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Originally published as volume 200 in the series: Topics in Current Chemistry

  • Topics: Organic Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, general

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