Biocatalysis and Biomolecular Engineering

This compendium of important insight from sixty distinguished international scholars looks at the significant advances in progressive environmental technology-especially the molecular engineering used on plants, animals, and microorganisms-as the game changer in the high-stakes race to reverse earth-damaging practices.

Ching T. Hou is the lead scientist at the USDA National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois, since 1989. He is President of the International Society of Biocatalysis and Biotechnology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, the Society of Industrial Microbiology, and the American Oil Chemists' Society, holds seventeen patents, and has published over 220 peer-reviewed journal papers and five books.

Jei-Fu Shaw, PhD, is President and Chair Professor at National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. Dr. Shaw received the Biotechnology Lifetime Achievement Award of. the American Oil Chemists' Society in 2005 and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006. He has published over 150 international SCI papers and holds seven patents.

Preface	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Improvement of Agronomic and Microbial Traits	p. 1
Insights into the Structure and Function of Acyl-CoA: Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase	p. 3
Improving Enzyme Character by Molecular Breeding: Preparation of Chimeric Genes	p. 31
Production and Accumulation of Unusual Fatty Acids in Plant Tissues	p. 43
Preparation of Oleaginous Yeast by Genetic Modification and Its Potential Applications	p. 57
Improving Value of Oil Palm Using Genetic Engineering	p. 67
Potential in Using Arabidopsis Acyl-Coenzyme-A-Binding Proteins in Engineering Stress-Tolerant Plants	p. 83
Modification of Lipid Composition by Genetic Engineering in Oleaginous Marine Microorganism, Thraustochytrid	p. 99
Integrated Approaches to Manage Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Viruses	p. 105
Carbohydrate Acquisition During Legume Seed Development	p. 133
Biotechnology Enhancement of Phytosterol Biosynthesis in Seed Oils	p. 141
Functional Foods and Biofuels	p. 163
Dietary Phosphatidylinositol in Metabolic Syndrome	p. 165
Biotechnologicai Enrichment of Cereals with Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids	p. 175
Lipophilic Ginsenoside Derivatives Production	p. 195
Brown Seaweed Lipids as Possible Source for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods	p. 211
Processes for Production of Biodiesel Fuel	p. 225
Noncatalytic Alcoholysis Process for Production of Biodiesel Fuel: Its Potential in Japan and Southeast Asia	p. 243
Use of Coniochaeta ligniaria to Detoxify Fermentation Inhibitors Present in Cellulosic Sugar Streams	p. 253
Omics Applications to Biofuel Research	p. 265
Renewable Bioproducts	p. 277
Biotechnological Uses of Phospholipids	p. 279
Application of Partition Chromatographic Theory on the Routine Analysis of Lipid Molecular Species	p. 299
Dehydrogenase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Chiral Intermediates for Drugs	p. 315
Engineering of Bacterial Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase as Biocatalysts for Chemical Synthesis and Environmental Bioremediation	p. 349
Glycosynthases from Inverting Hydrolases	p. 361
Molecular Species of Diacylglycerols and Triacylglycerols Containing Dihydroxy Fatty Acids in Castor Oil	p. 377
Biocatalytic Production of Lactobionic Acid	p. 391
Recent Advances in Aldolase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Unnatural Sugars and Iminocyclitols	p. 405
Production of Value-Added Products by Lactic Acid Bacteria	p. 421
Enzymatic Synthesis of Glycosides Using Alpha-Amylase Family Enzymes	p. 437
Biological Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Using Plant Leaf Extracts and Antimicrobial Application	p. 447
Potential Approach of Microbial Conversion to Develop New Antifungal Products of Omega-3 Fatty Acids	p. 459
Index	p. 473
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