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  title info:
    title: Amino-Acid Homopolymers Occurring in Nature
  name:
    name part: Hamano, Yoshimitsu.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VII, 250p. 62 illus. online resource.
  abstract: Microorganisms are capable of producing a wide variety of biopolymers. Homopolymer peptides, which are made up of only a single type of amino acid, are far less ubiquitous. The only two amino-acid homopolymers known to occur in nature are presented in this volume. Poly-epsilon-L-lysine is a polycationic peptide and exhibits antimicrobial activity against a wide spectrum of microorganisms. It is both safe and biodegradable and is therefore used as a food preservative in several countries. In addition, there has been great interest in medical and other applications of poly-lysine and its derivatives. In contrast, poly-gamma-glutamic acid is an unusual anionic polypeptide. It is also water soluble, biodegradable, edible, non-toxic and non-immunogenic and can be chemically modified to introduce various drugs. These features are very useful for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. Poly-glutamic acid is also a highly attractive as food ingredient.
  table of contents: Occurrence and Production of Poly-Epsilon-l-Lysine in Microorganisms -- Biochemistry and Enzymology of Poly-Epsilon-l-Lysine Biosynthesis -- Biochemistry and Enzymology of Poly-Epsilon-l-Lysine Degradation -- Biotechnological Production of Poly-Epsilon-l-Lysine for Food and Medical Applications -- Occurrence and Biosynthetic Mechanism of Poly-Gamma-Glutamic Acid -- Enzymatic Degradation of Poly-Gamma-Glutamic Acid -- Pharmaceutical and Medical Applications of Poly-Gamma-Glutamic Acid -- Food Applications of Poly-Gamma-Glutamic Acid.
  note: edited by Yoshimitsu Hamano.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Biochemistry
  subject:
    topic: Microbiology
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Microbiology
  subject:
    topic: Biochemistry, general
  classification: QR1-502
  classification: 579
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Microbiology Monographs, 15
  identifier: 9783642124532
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12453-2
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    record creation date: 100803
    record change date: 20150519184528.0
    record identifier: 978-3-642-12453-2