Enzymes in Nonaqueous Solvents
Subtitle: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Biotechnology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: January 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9780896039292
Subjects: Technology & Industrial Arts; Enzyme Biotechnology; Biotechnological Processes And Operations; Science; Science/Mathematics; Enzymes; Biochemistry; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical; Biotechnology; Nonaqueous solvents
First sentence: Past studies of enzymatic catalysis in nearly anhydrous organic solvents have shown that the amount of water adsorbed to an enzyme in organic solvents is a critical determinant of enzyme activity, more important than the water content of the solvent itself (1,2).