VOLUME 571. Rational Design of Enzyme-Nanomaterials

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"Enzymes are nature’s catalysts and they are responsible for accelerating most chemical reactions in biology. The high selectivity or specificity of these catalysts, which operate under mild conditions of biological systems, makes them very attractive for use in the laboratory or industry. But this is quite challenging, because enzymes have evolved to function in the complex biological media at biological temperatures, and hence their stability/function under nonbiological conditions of a common chemical laboratory such as organic solvent media, extreme pHs, or high temperatures is often poor. Most enzymes are also quite expensive when compared to many chemical reagents, and hence special methods are required to render enzymes usable in the context of a chemical laboratory or for industry. This volume addresses these two important issues related to enzymes in much detail, and builds on the important contributions made to this topic from previous volumes of this series."