Credits: 3 (2-0-2)
Prerequisites: BBL131 and EC 90
Description
Enzymes as biocatalysts. Various reaction media for enzyme catalyzed reaction [water, water poor media such as organic solvents, ionic liquids] and mixed solvents. Advantages of medium engineering. Fundamentals of non-aqueous enzymology [pH memory, molecular imprinting]. Improving biocatalysis in water and water poor media [chemical modification, immobilization, applications of protein engineering/directed evolution]. Enzyme promiscuity and its applications in organic synthesis. Biocatalytic applications in organic synthesis, hydrolytic reactions, oxidation reduction reactions, formation of C-C bond, addition and elimination reactions, glycosyl transfer reactions, isomerization, halogenation/dehalogenation reactions.
Prerequisite Tree
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BBL447-84[BBL447]
BBL447-84 --> BBL131-84[BBL131]
BBL447-84 --> EC90-84[EC90]
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