Biocatalysis for green chemistry and chemical process development / edited by Alex Tao, Romas Kazlauskas.

• Frontmatter -- Introduction Chapters. Biotechnology Tools for Green Synthesis: Enzymes, Metabolic Pathways, and their Improvement by Engineering / Romas J Kazlauskas, Byung-Gee Kim -- How Green can the Industry become with Biotechnology? / Hans-Peter Meyer, Oleg Werbitzky -- Emerging Enzymes and their Synthetic Applications / Zhenming Chen, Junhua (Alex) Tao -- Reaction Efficiencies and Green Chemistry Metrics of Biotransformations / Roger A Sheldon -- Application and Case Studies₆Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals. Biocatalytic Routes to Chiral Intermediates for Development of Drugs / Ramesh N Patel -- Transglutaminase for Protein Drug Modification: Pegylation and beyond / Sean Hu, Yifeng Yin -- Microbial Production of Plant-Derived Pharmaceutical Natural Products through Metabolic Engineering: Artemisinin and beyond / Jeffrey A Dietrich, J L Fortman, Darmawi Juminaga, Jay D Keasling -- Toward Greener Therapeutic Proteins / Sa V Ho, Joseph M McLaughlin, James Pollock, Suzanne S Farid -- Application and Case Studies₆Flavor & Fragrance, Agrochemicals and Fine Chemicals. Opportunities for Biocatalysis in the Flavor, Fragrance, and Cosmetic Industry / Stefano Serra -- Application of Biocatalysis in the Agrochemical Industry / David A Jackson -- Green Production of Fine Chemicals by Isolated Enzymes / Roland Wohlgemuth -- Whole Cell Production of Fine Chemicals and Intermediates / Karen Robins, John Gordon -- Application and Case Studies₆Polymers and Renewable Chemicals. Green Chemistry for the Production of Biodegradable, Biorenewable, Biocompatible, and Polymers / John S F Barrett, Friedrich Srienc -- Enzymatic Degradation of Lignocellulosic Biomass / Feng Xu -- Bioconversion of Renewables--Plant Oils / Manfred P Schneider -- Microbial Bioprocesses for Industrial-Scale Chemical Production / Todd Banner, Arlene Fosmer, Holly Jessen, Erin Marasco, Brian Rush, Jon Veldhouse, Mervyn de Souza -- Index.
• . Overview of biotechnology tools for green synthesis: enzymes, cells and their tunability by engineering -- How green can the industry become with biotechnology -- Emerging enzymes and their synthetic applications -- Reaction efficiencies and green chemistry metrics of biotransformations -- Application and case studies -- pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals -- Biocatalytic routes to chiral intermediates for development of drugs -- Transglutaminase for protein drug modification: pegylation and beyond -- Microbial production of plant-derived pharmaceutical natural products through metabolic engineering: artemisinin and beyond -- Toward greener therapeutic proteins -- Application and case studies? flavor & fragrance, agrochemicals and fine chemicals -- Opportunities for biocatalysis in the flavor, fragrance and cosmetic industry -- Application of biocatalysis in the agrochemical industry -- Green production of fine chemicals by isolated enzymes -- Whole cell production of fine chemicals and intermediates -- Application and case studies? polymers and renewable chemicals -- Green chemistry for the production of biodegradable, biorenewable, biocompatible polymers -- Enzymatic degradation of lignocellulosic biomass -- Bioconversion of renewables-plant oils -- Microbial bioprocesses for industrial scale chemical production.

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Subject headings

Green technology.  (LCSH)

Environmental chemistry  -- Industrial applications. (LCSH)

Enzymes  -- Biotechnology. (LCSH)

SCIENCE / Biotechnology  (bisacsh)

Genre

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Electronic books. 

Electronic resource. 

Publication and Content Type

TP155.2.E58 (LCC)

SCI (subject category)

660.6/3 (DDC)

Ued (kssb/8 (machine generated))