Biocatalysis
Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: April 9, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 634
ISBN-13: 9783527303441
Subjects: Biochemical Engineering; Biochemistry; Catalysis; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Biosynthesis; Enzyme Biotechnology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Biotechnology; Chemistry - Organic; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Science / Biotechnology
First sentence: Over the last 20 years, many reservations with respect to biocatalysis have been voiced, contending that: (i) enzymes only feature limited substrate specificity; (ii) there is only limited availability of enzymes; (iii) only a limited number of enzymes exist; (iv) protein catalyst stability is limited; (v) enzymes reactions are saddled with limited space-time yield; and (vi) enzymes require complicated co-substrates such as cofactors.