Industrial Starch Debranching Enzymes

2023
ISBN: 978-981-19-7025-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 267 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 639 g

The book presents a systematic and detailed introduction on starch debranching enzymes concerning the classification, biochemical properties, features on sequences and structures, enzyme engineering, production, and current applications. All relevant contents are organized to focus on characteristics, productions and industrial applications of the starch debranching enzymes. It is purposed to deepen the understandings on the pre-existing researches, developments, and bottlenecks, and also to discuss the research hotspots and application perspectives of starch debranching enzymes. The book is written for researchers, professional/practitioners and graduate students in the field of enzymology, microbiology, and food science etc.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xia, Wei

Wu, Jing

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Enzymologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. An Overview on Starch Processing and Key Enzymes.- Chapter 2. Classification and Enzyme Properties of Starch Debranching Enzymes.- Chapter 3. Sequence, Structure, and Engineering of Microbial Starch Debranching Enzymes.- Chapter 4. Production and the Applications in Preparation of Branched Sugar Products of Starch-Debranching Enzymes.- Chapter 5. Recombinant Expression of Starch Debranching Enzymes in Escherichia coli.- Chapter 6. Production of Starch Debranching Enzymes in Bacillus Strains. Chapter 7. Applications of Starch Debranching Enzymes in Starch Processing

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Jing Wu received her Ph.D. in China Pharmaceutical University in 2001 and continued her post-doctoral training at the University of Michigan, USA. She jointed Jiangnan University in China in 2006, as professor of School of Biotechnology. She is committed to exploring new types of fermentation products and functional food using technology of Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Fermentation Engineering, and Enzymatic Engineering. The specific research area including enzyme discovery and gene identification, molecular design and reconstruction of enzymes, efficient expression system development, fermentation process optimization and control, as well as enzyme catalysis and conversion. She assumed the chief scientist of National Key Research and Development Program of China, and taken charge of many items of academic projects. Currently, over 150 papers with over 1800 citations have been published (100 SCI included), over 100 invention patents have been applied (50 granted patents).

Dr. Wei Xia received his doctoral degree from Zhejiang University, China, in 2016, and jointed Jiangnan University in 2018 as assistant research fellow. He is mainly engaged in the field of gene mining, engineering and application of enzymes associated with food and light industries.