Enzyme Biochemistry and Biotechnology

  • Publication Year: 2017
  • ISBN: 9781680945256
  • Price: $145
  • Publisher: Arcler Press LLC
  • Binding Type: Hardcover

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In recent years, there have been considerable developments in techniques for the investigation and utilization of enzymes. Enzymes can build up or break down other molecules. The molecules they act on are called substrates. Enzymes are catalysts-chemicals that hasten a chemical reaction without undergoing any change themselves. Enzyme Technology is one the most promising disciplines in modern biotechnology. Most of the traditional chemical-based processes are being replaced by enzyme-based processes. In this text, the applications of a wide variety of enzymes are highlighted.

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Olivia graduated from Oxford University, where she received a PhD in Biochemistry in 2012. Her research interests span from the use of single molecule scale methods on membrane proteins for bionanotechnological applications to the characterisation of potential inhibitors of the amyloid beta peptide aggregation – one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. A post-doctoral fellow and then research engineer at CNRS (French national centre for scientific research) for three years, she now works as a scientific and medical translator.