Polysaccharide Degrading Biocatalysts

Rosana Goldbeck, Patricia Poletto

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9780323999861
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323983150
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biochemistry
• Index: Biological Sciences

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

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Plant cell wall polysaccharides: Methodologies for compositional, structural, and physicochemical characterization
• Chapter 2 : Genetic modification of plants to increase the saccharification of lignocellulose
• Chapter 3 : The diversity of plant carbohydrate hydrolysis in nature and technology
• Chapter 4 : State-of-the-art experimental and computational approaches to investigate structure, substrate recognition, and catalytic mechanism of enzymes
• Chapter 5 : Pretreatments as a key for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
• Chapter 6 : Importance of accessory enzymes in hemicellulose degradation
• Chapter 7 : How ligninolytic enzymes can help in the degradation of biomass polysaccharides, cleavage, and catalytic mechanisms?
• Chapter 8 : Biochemical and biotechnological aspects of microbial amylases
• Chapter 9 : Hydrolysis of complex pectin structures: Biocatalysis and bioproducts
• Chapter 10 : Macroalgal polysaccharides: Biocatalysts in biofuel/bioenergy production
• Chapter 11 : Mathematical modeling of the enzymatic hydrolysis of polysaccharides: A primer
• Chapter 12 : Polysaccharide deconstruction products: Production of bio-based building blocks
• Chapter 13 : Polysaccharide degradation for oligosaccharide production with nutraceutical potential for the food industry
• Chapter 14 : Carbohydrate-active enzymes in the production of lactose-derived tagatose
• Chapter 15 : Immobilized biocatalysts for hydrolysis of polysaccharides
• Chapter 16 : Carbohydrate-based economy: Perspectives and challenges
• Index
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