Advances in Enzyme Engineering, Biocatalysis and Biosynthesis, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 1102
Special Issue Editor
Interests: protein engineering; enzyme engineering; multienzyme cascade reaction; synthesis of food and pharmaceutical by biocatalysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of a previous successful Special Issue, “Advances in Enzyme Engineering, Biocatalysis and Biosynthesis”.
Enzyme engineering is a vital, modern biotechnology with which to fine tune enzymes. As a new advanced technology, it greatly promotes the development of life and industry. Enzyme engineering strategies not only include natural enzyme mining, heterologous expression, directed evolution, gene shuffling or family shuffling, enzyme immobilization, and synzymes, but also rational design based on structure–function insights, computational methods, and machine learning, as well as novel scaffolding and compartmentalization techniques to improve the performance of multienzyme systems. Efficient enzyme engineering strategies improve enzymatic properties, such as activity, specificity, stability, and stereoselectivity, as well as balancing sequential reactions and route intermediates by co-localizing multiple enzymes. This will facilitate the application of biocatalysis and biosynthesis in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical fields, as well as accelerate the development of a green biological manufacturing industry.
Therefore, for this Special Issue, we are interested in presenting the most recent progress in advances in enzyme engineering, biocatalysis, and biosynthesis. Fundamental studies with which to establish innovative and efficient enzyme engineering strategies, as well as studies related to the development of biocatalysis and biosynthesis processes applied to industries, are welcome.
It is with great pleasure and honor that we invite you to submit a review article or original research paper for possible publication in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Ruizhi Han
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- enzyme engineering
- protein engineering
- biocatalysis
- biosynthesis
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