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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966502303321

Autore

Mala J. Geraldine Sandana

Titolo

Perspectives on lipase enzyme technology / / J. Geraldine Sandana Mala and Satoru Takeuchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009

ISBN

1-61728-560-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine series

Altri autori (Persone)

TakeuchiSatoru

Disciplina

660.6/34

Soggetti

Lipase - Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Nova biomedical"--cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-137) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Biotechnology : the science and origin of lipase -- Isolation strategies of microbial lipases -- Lipase production : defining the media -- Lipase purification and characterization -- Lipase structure -- Molecular cloning and overexpression -- Bioinformatics -- Lipases : biocatalysts for the future.

Sommario/riassunto

Lipases are triacylglycerol acylhydrolases that catalyse the hydrolysis of triglycerides to release concomitant free fatty acids and glycerol. Lipases are versatile enzymes with multiplexity of catalysis and therefore, constitute an important class of industrial enzymes of recent interests in basic and applied research. This book serves as a handbook for researchers in the Life Sciences and particularly for those who plan to investigate microbial lipases. It is also aimed to provide an updated and comprehensive review of laboratory activities on lipases, in particular from the microbial sources, thereupon, to impart good scientific perceptions to the reader in this discipline. The production characteristics are fundamental for manipulation of maximal enzyme titres. Considerable importance is also necessitated to gain genetically modified strains to enable enormous availability of the recombinant lipases for structural elucidations. Detailed descriptions on the isolation methods, production requirements, protein investigations and molecular cloning of the microbial lipases are presented. Bioinformatics approaches are also specifically discussed. Furthermore, lipase as a biocatalyst candidate is specifically included to target the application prospects of the lipase. Experimental protocols are presented for bench



work practice. An appendix section is supplemented with significant data for the researcher as a reference tool for their routine laboratory investigations.