Multi-Step Enzyme Catalysis
Subtitle: Biotransformations and Chemoenzymatic Synthesis
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Published: 2008
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9783527319213
Subjects: Enzymes; Catalysis; Metabolism
Description: "In nature, enzymes are able to catalyze reaction sequences and cascades without the need for purification and isolation of intermediates. This is one essential advantage compared to the classical chemical multi-step reactions. In multi-step enzyme catalysis, researchers copy this elegant method to make biocatalysis more effective and elegant. By combining enzymatic and synthetic organic steps, the use of multi-enzyme complexes and other techniques open the door for hitherto unknown reactions." "This first comprehensive coverage of the topic provides a complete overview, covering such topics as chemoenzyrnatic synthesis, microbial production of DNA building blocks, asymmetric transformations by coupled enzymes and much more."--Jacket.