Chemo- and Multi-Enzymatic Systems for the Synthesis of Valuable Platform Chemicals and Enantiopure Building Blocks: Recent Trends and Industrial Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Enzyme technology and biocatalysis are currently among the pillars that support a sustainable and green approach to the synthesis of chemicals, fuels and pharmaceuticals.

Industrial and scientific trends toward environmentally friendly manufacturing have led to exponential growth in the field of enzyme technology and biocatalysis, with a current focus on multi-enzymatic or chemoenzymatic systems. These systems can provide synthetic pathways with a wider substrate/product scope, as well as the synthesis of high complexity molecules in order to keep up with the increasing demand for new and more efficient drugs and pharmaceuticals.

This Special Issue aims to collect original research articles and reviews with special emphasis on, but not limited to:

• Enzymatic and whole-cell biotransformation;
• Design and applications of multi-enzymatic systems, including cofactor regeneration;
• Development of cascade reactions and co-immobilization of enzymes;
• Current trends in the enzymatic synthesis of APIs, platform chemicals and chiral building blocks;
• Perspectives in the industrial applications of biocatalytic systems;
• New biocatalytic and chemo-enzymatic routes for the synthesis of economically important platform chemicals, enantiopure building blocks for the production of pheromones, aroma compounds, etc.;
• “Tailored-fit” enzymes by directed evolution, protein engineering and metagenomics.

Prof. Dr. Csaba Paizs
Guest Editor

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