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 researchers to discover and develop new enzyme-based approaches across pharmaceuticals, fuels, and food engineering. Here, over a dozen leading experts offer a close examination of structural polysaccharides, genetic modification of polysaccharides, polysaccharide degradation routes, pretreatments for enzymatic hydrolysis, hemicellulose-degrading enzymes, biomass valorization processes, oligosaccharide production, and enzyme immobilization for the hydrolysis of polysaccharides, among other topics and related research protocols. A final chapter considers perspectives and challenges in an evolving, carbohydrate-based economy.
- Describes the role of enzymes in the degradation of polysaccharides to obtain building blocks for biochemical processes
- Covers new tools for enzymatic evolution, research protocols, and process strategies contributing to large-scale applications
- Explores the use of polysaccharide hydrolysis products in the areas of pharmaceuticals, fuels, and food engineering
- Features chapter contributions from international experts
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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978-0-323-98315-0 (9780323983150)
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1. Plant cell wall polysaccharides: Methodologies for compositional, structural, and physicochemical characterization2. Genetic modification of plants to increase the saccharification of lignocellulose3. The diversity of plant carbohydrate hydrolysis in nature and technology4. State-of-the-art experimental and computational approaches to investigate structure, substrate recognition, and catalytic mechanism of enzymes5. Pretreatments as a key for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass6. Importance of accessory enzymes in hemicellulose degradation7. How ligninolytic enzymes can help in the degradation of biomass polysaccharides, cleavage, and catalytic mechanisms?8. Biochemical and biotechnological aspects of microbial amylases9. Hydrolysis of complex pectin structures: Biocatalysis and bioproducts10. Macroalgal polysaccharides: Biocatalysts in biofuel/bioenergy production11. Mathematical modeling of the enzymatic hydrolysis of polysaccharides: A primer12. Polysaccharide deconstruction products: Production of bio-based building blocks13. Polysaccharide degradation for oligosaccharide production with nutraceutical potential for the food industry14. Carbohydrate-active enzymes in the production of lactose-derived tagatose15. Immobilized biocatalysts for hydrolysis of polysaccharides16. Carbohydrate-based economy: Perspectives and challenges
