Nature versus nurture: Developing enzymes that function under extreme conditions

Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-102

  Liszka, Michael J ^a   Clark, Melinda E ^a   Schneider, Elizabeth ^a   Clark, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioprospecting; Cellulases; Extremophiles; Hydrolases; Industrial biocatalysis; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOPROSPECTING; CELLULASES; EXTREMOPHILES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLASES; MICROORGANISMS;

ENZYMES;

CELLULASE; IONIC LIQUID; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; OSMOLARITY; PH; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; SALINITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BIOCATALYSIS; CELLULASES; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIPASE; MUTAGENESIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SALINITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84862699285     PISSN: 19475438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-061010-114239     Document Type: Review

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