Enzyme-Catalyzed Approaches towards Natural Products and Their Analogs
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 21170
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbial biosynthetic pathways; selective derivatization of polyketides; microbial and chemoenzymatic synthesis of terpenoids; enzyme engineering; metabolomics
Interests: enzymatic reaction cascades; biocatalytic process development; cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS); biotransformations in microfluidic systems; enzyme immobilization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural products are a constant source of new chemical entities that have always inspired fundamental biological and chemical research as well as medical and technological applications. In recent years, it has become increasingly feasible to access natural products or their analogues by using biocatalytic cascades. This subject is studied in whole cells as well as in cell-free systems, and experiments have been inspired by progress made in the fields of enzyme engineering, immobilization of enzymes, and flow chemistry.
In this Special Issue, we would like to illustrate the interaction of these disciplines. One focus will be on multistage enzymatic cascades, both in vitro and in whole cells.
Prof. Dr. Frank Schulz
Dr. Katrin Rosenthal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Enzyme cascades
- Enzyme cascades in flow systems
- Enzyme engineering
- Immobilized enzymes
- In vitro reconstruction of biosynthetic pathways
- Cell-free metabolic engineering
- Fermentation processes
- Natural product biosynthesis
- Derivatization of natural products
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