Enzymes for Carbohydrate Engineering

Hardback   224 pages  ISBN 0444824081      £90.00

This book, volume 12 in the series Progress in Biotechnology, describes the recent developments in enzymology in carbohydrate engineering based on modem sciences and technology, collected from symposia on agricultural biotechnology. It builds a bridge between basic knowledge and biotechnology in the field of carbohydrate chemistry and enzymology. The fundamental research and application of carbohydrate enzymes to agricultural biotechnology, concentrating on the structures and biochemical properties of various enzymes, and their production and application in plant and food is extensively described. This book will provide the reader with up-to-date information on development of enzymology in carbohydrate engineering. The contents include chapters on:

• Mechanism and action of glucansucrases
• Cyclodextrin producing enzyme (CGTase)
• Modulation of Bacillus amylytic enzymes and production of branched oligosaccharides
• A novel maltotetraose-forming alkaline alpha-amylase from an alkalophlic Bacillus strain, GM8901 Structural studies on cellulases, pectinases and xylanases
• Structure and activity of some starch metabolising enzymes
• Properties and uses of dextransucrases elaborated by a new class of Leuconostoc mesenteroides mutants
• ·Molecular determinants of thermozyme activity and stability: analysis of xylose isomerase and amylopullulanase
• Crystal structure of Bacillus licheniformis alpha amylase at 1.7 Å resolution
• Characteristics of carbohydrase reactions in heterogeneous enzyme reaction system utilising swollen extrusion starch as the substrate
• Manipulation of storage compounds in transgenic plants
• Over production of bacterial amylases in recombinant Escherichia coli systems.

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