Incorporating unnatural amino acids to engineer biocatalysts for industrial bioprocess applications

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1862-1876

  Ravikumar, Yuvaraj ^a   Nadarajan, Saravanan Prabhu ^b   Hyeon Yoo, Tae ^c   Lee, Chong Soon ^a   Yun, Hyungdon ^b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Bioprocess engineering; Enzyme engineering; Unnatural amino acid incorporation; Unnatural amino acids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCATALYSTS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; ENZYME ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL BIOPROCESS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; UNNATURAL AMINO ACIDS;

ENZYMES;

AMINO ACID; IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNNATURAL AMINO ACID; ENZYME;

BIOCATALYST; BIOPROCESS; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCATALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84951569436     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201500153     Document Type: Review

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