Enzyme Immobilization Ⅳ
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 May 2022) | Viewed by 29452
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biocatalysis; enzyme immobilization; enzyme stabilization; enzyme chemical modification; bioprocess optimization
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Dear Colleagues,
After the success of the previous Special Issues edited by Molecules (2014, 2016, and 2019), I am very happy to announce the launch of a fourth Special Issue on “Enzyme Immobilization”. At present, enzyme immobilization has shown to be a solution to many enzyme limitations—for example, improving enzyme stability, activity, selectivity, or specificity; reducing inhibition problems; and even coupling immobilization and purification.
Although the coupling of genetic and chemical tools produces improved immobilized enzymes, the control of the orientation of the enzyme on the support surface and of the intensity of the support–enzyme interactions is still an open question.
Thus, the main topics of the submitted papers should be the same as in the previous Issues. For example, efforts to design strategies involving the coupled use of immobilization with microbiological (e.g., the use of thermophilic enzymes), chemical, or genetic modifications are of special interest. Enzymes are co-immobilized to catalyze cascade reactions. The use of the immobilized enzymes to take advantage of the catalytically improved properties will be also suitable for this Special Issue. Papers related to the modification of immobilized enzymes, or to the modification of the support surface after enzyme immobilization, are also very welcome.
Prof. Dr. Roberto Fernandez-Lafuente
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- enzyme stabilization by immobilization
- modulation of enzyme properties by immobilization
- multipoint covalent attachment
- multisubunit immobilization
- immobilized enzyme characterization
- cascade reactions
- nanoparticles
- enzymes co-immobilization
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