Biocatalysis Based on Heme Peroxidases Peroxidases as Potential Industrial Biocatalysts /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Torres, Eduardo (Editor), Ayala, Marcela (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Biotechnology.; Physical chemistry.; Enzymology.; Physical Chemistry.

This monograph describes many applications of peroxidase-based biocatalysis in the biotechnology industry. The need for such a book emerges from the considerable amount of new data regarding the phylogeny, reaction mechanisms, thermodynamic characterization and structural features of fungal and plan...

Table of Contents:

• Molecular and Structural Aspects of Peroxidases
• Molecular Phylogeny of Heme Peroxidases
• Structural and Functional Features of Peroxidases with a Potential as Industrial Biocatalysts
• Redox Potential of Peroxidases
• Catalytic Mechanisms of Heme Peroxidases
• Prospective Usage of Peroxidases in Industry
• Potential Applications of Peroxidases in the Fine Chemical Industries
• Grafting of Functional Molecules: Insights into Peroxidase-Derived Materials
• Applications and Prospective of Peroxidase Biocatalysis in the Environmental Field
• Challenges in the Application of Peroxidases
• Enzyme Technology of Peroxidases: Immobilization, Chemical and Genetic Modification
• Reactor Engineering
• Deactivation of Hemeperoxidases by Hydrogen Peroxide: Focus on Compound III
• Heterologous Expression of Peroxidases
• A Compendium of Bio–Physical–Chemical Properties of Peroxidases.