Whole Cell Biocatalysis

Fundamentals and Applications

Sergio Huerta-Ochoa, Lilia Arely Prado-Barragán, Cristobal Noe Aguilar

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443239991
• Topic: Biowissenschaften
• Subtopic: Biochemie

Whole Cell Biocatalysis, a volume in the Foundations and Frontiers of Enzymology series, offers a detailed overview of the process of biocatalysis using whole cells as an alternative to enzyme biocatalysis. The book examines the potential applications and advantages of whole cell biocatalysis, including its use in the production of fine chemicals, renewable energy, and drug discovery and development. Whole cell biocatalysis for large scale production and non-conventional media are also covered. In addition, the latest methods and techniques are investigated, including cell immobilization, permeabilization, synthetic biology, computational metabolic engineering, and molecular genetics.This book provides a comprehensive summary on whole cell biocatalysis and the latest developments in this emerging field. It is an invaluable reference for researchers working across biochemistry, enzymology, biotechnology, and related fields. - Considers the advantages and challenges of whole cell biocatalysis to enhance production processes in various industries - Includes a range of techniques to investigate and facilitate whole cell biocatalysis - Covers whole cell biocatalysis in non-conventional media - Studies biocatalytic cascade reactions

Table of contents

• Whole-Cell Biocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications
• Chapter 1 Advantages and new potential applications of whole-cell biocatalysis
• Chapter 2 Reprogramming microbial cells to improve the production of biopharmaceuticals and fine chemicals
• Chapter 3 Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from biogas-producing facilities: A novel whole-cell technology platform based on anaerobic oxidation of methane
• Chapter 4 Computational metabolic engineering using genome-scale metabolic models and constraint-based methods
• Chapter 5 Whole-cell biocatalysis in nonconventional media
• Chapter 6 Nanostructured magnetic systems in whole-cell biocatalysis
• Chapter 7 Filamentous fungi as biopharmaceutical protein factories
• Chapter 8 Proteomic analysis: Application to the study of signal transduction pathways in Penicillium chrysogenum and Acremonium chrysogenum
• Chapter 9 Fungal lipase obtained by surface adhesion fermentation using magnetic chitosan-coated nanoparticles
• Chapter 10 In vitro plant cultures as a viable biotechnological tool for the biosynthesis of steroidal hormones of clinical interest
• Chapter 11 Whole-cell biocatalysis for large-scale production
• Author Index
• Subject Index