Biocatalyst Immobilization: Foundations and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of biocatalytic immobilization processes, as well as methods for study, characterization and application. Early chapters discuss current progress in enzyme immobilization and methods for selecting and pretreating enzymes prior to immobilization, with an emphasis on navigating common challenges and employing enzyme supports and post immobilization treatments to impact enzymatic activity. Process-based chapters instruct on measuring and reporting on enzyme immobilization efficiency, protein final content, quantification of reaction products, and the use of nanomaterials to characterize immobilized enzymes.
Later chapters examine recent advances, including novel enzymatic reactors, multi-enzymatic biocatalysts, enzymatic biosensors, whole cell immobilization, the industrial application of immobilized enzymes, and perspectives on future trends.
Key Features
- Provides a thorough overview of biocatalyst and enzyme immobilization for research and practical application
- Presents methods based content that instructs in enzyme immobilization pretreatment, enzyme supports, post immobilization treatments, measuring enzyme immobilization efficiency, quantification of reaction products, and whole cell immobilization
- Features chapter contributions from international leaders in the field
CHAPTER 1 The enzyme, the support, and the immobilization strategy: The key findings to a desirable biocatalyst
Karen Rodriguez-Nunez, Claudia Bernal, and Juan M. Boli´var
CHAPTER 2 Selection and modification of enzymes prior to immobilization
Ja Hyun Lee, Hah Young Yoo, and Seung Wook Kim
CHAPTER 3 Various approaches to enzyme immobilization
Syed Awais Attique, Qurat ul ain, Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Bilal, and Hafiz M.N. Iqbal
CHAPTER 4 Postimmobilization treatments before applications
Karolina Labus and Jolanta Bryjak
CHAPTER 5 Support-free immobilization
Roberta Bussons Rodrigues Val
CHAPTER 6 Measuring and reporting enzyme´s immobilization efficiency
Paula Nicolas, Carla Jos
CHAPTER 7 Some recent innovations related to enzyme immobilization
Bhaskar Das, Satyam, and Sanjukta Patra
CHAPTER 8 Enzyme immobilization for use in nonconventional media
Maria Laura Foresti and Maria Lujan Ferreira
CHAPTER 9 Assaying the biological activities of immobilized enzymes
Daniel Sanchez and Maria Lujan Ferreira
CHAPTER 10 Enzyme immobilization on nanomaterials and nanostructured supports
Azeem Intisar, Mateen Haider, Muhammad Imran Din, Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Bilal, and Hafiz M.N. Iqbal
CHAPTER 11 Oriented immobilization of biomolecules on small surfaces
Masumi Iijima and Shunichi Kuroda
CHAPTER 12 Affinity immobilization and affinity layers
Meryam Sardar and Kainat Mirza
CHAPTER 13 New enzymatic reactor designs: From enzymatic batch to 3D microreactors and monoliths
Kim Shortall, Katarzyna Szymanska, Cristina Carucci, Tewfik Soulimane, and Edmond Magner
CHAPTER 14 Immobilization of multienzymes: Problems and solutions
Yingjie Du, Le Zhong, Ziyuan Wang, Yuxiao Feng, Jiandong Cui, and Shiru Jia
CHAPTER 15 An introduction to enzymatic biosensors
Tayyaba Anjum, Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Bilal, and Hafiz M.N. Iqbal
CHAPTER 16 Industrial applications of immobilized enzymes: Food and beyond
Maria Lujan Ferreira
CHAPTER 17 Future perspectives in enzyme immobilization
Lorena Wilson, Andr
