Practical Enzyme Catalysis

With more than 1000 articles being published every year, enzyme catalysis is a growing field of research and is finding numerous industrial applications. Practical Enzyme Catalysis provides a comprehensive digest to the current literature and an overview to all aspects of enzyme catalysis and their technical applications. The reader is first introduced to the fundamentals of enzyme catalysis, then the application of enzyme catalysis in chemical synthesis. Catalysis in non-aqueous media is also discussed, and considerable attention is given to the selection and provision of enzymes and their subsequent technical use. Finally, the book examines technology and process design for the successful performance of enzyme catalysis on an industrial scale. Professor Dr Ansorge-Schumacher has over 20 years experience in applied enzyme catalysis, gained through working at both industrial and academic institutes. Currently working in the Department of Enzyme Technology at Technical University of Berlin, Professor Dr Schumacher is also a key member of the "Unifying Concepts in Catalysis" cluster of excellence in association with TU Berlin, Humboldt University and the Free University of Berlin.
Newcomers to the field and experience practitioners alike will benefit from the wealth of information presented in this book. With a focus on technical applications the book is essential reading for industrialists and the inclusion of modern biological and computational methods sets the book apart from others in the field.