Part- I: General and Fundamentals
General Introduction, Ashok Pandey and Sumitra Ramachandran
General properties of enzymes, Sandra A Furlan and Hari K Pant
Enzyme kinetics and modelling of enzymatic systems, Emmanuel M Papamichael and Leonidas G Theodorou
Thermodynamics of enzyme catalysed reactions, Robert N Goldberg and Yadu B Tewari
Regeneration of cofactors for enzyme biocatalysis, Ryan D Woodyer, Tyler W Johannes and Huimin Zhao
Biocatalysis in organic media using enzymes,Adrie JJ Straathof
Biotransformations with crude enzymes and whole cells, Pierre Fontanille, Jean-Bernard Gros and Christian Larroche
Enzymes as tools for the stereospecific formation of carbon-carbon bonds for the synthesis of monosaccharides and analogs, Jean Bolte, Virgil Helaine, Laurence Hecquet and Marielle Lemaire
Enzymes engineered for new reactions - Novel catalysts for organic synthesis, Per Berglund
Part- II: Industrial Enzymes
Alpha amylase, T Satyanarayana, JL Uma Maheswar Rao and M Ezhilvannan
Glucoamylase, Carlos R Soccol, Pappy J Rojan, Anil K Patel, Adenise L Woiciechowski, Luciana PS Vandenberghe and Ashok Pandey
Glucose isomerase, Vasanti Deshpande and Mala Rao
Cellulase, George Szakacs, Robert P Tengerdy and Viviana Nagy
Pectinase, Ernesto Favela-Torres, Cristobal Aguilar, Juan C Contreras-Esqiver and Gustav Viniegra-Gonzalez
Lipase, Ali Kademi, Danielle Leblanc and Alain Houde
Protease, Chandran Sandhya, Alagarsamy Sumantha and Ashok Pandey
Xylanase, P Prema
Inulinase, Chandran Sandhya and Ashok Pandey
Phytase, Krishnan Roopesh, Sumitra Ramachandran, K Madhavan Nampoothiri, Carlos R Soccol and Ashok Pandey
Tannase, Jurgen van der Lagemaat and David Leo Pyle
Peroxidases, Carlos G Dosoretz and Gary Ward
Chitinase, Parameswran Binod, Chandran Sandhya, Ashok Pandey and Carlos R Soccol
Invertases, Jorge Gracida Rodriguez, Ernesto Favela-Torres, Lilia A Prado-Barragan, Sergio Huerta-Ochoa and Gerardo Saucedo-Castaneda
Mannanases, Sergio Huerta-Ochoa, Lilia Arely Prado-Barragan, Jorge Gracida-Rodriguez, Ernest Favela-Torres and Carlos Regalado-Gonzalez
Part- III: Bioreactor, Down-stream Processing and Applications
Bioreactor analysis and applications, Jean-Bernad Gros and Christian Larroche
Isolation and purification of enzymes, Rintu Banerjee
Applications of Industrial enzymes, Carlos R Soccol, Luciana PS Vandenberghe, Adenise L Woiciechowski and Sumathy Babitha
Immobilisation of enzymes, Jens T Schumacher, Gaber A M Mersal and Ursula Beteliwski
Protein engineering of industrial enzymes, Juha Kammonen, Ossi Turunen and Matti Leisola
Part- IV: Specific Enzymes and Their Applications
Thermozymes, Sudip K Rakshit
Cold-adapted enzymes, Ricardo Cavicchioli and Khawar Sohail Siddiqui
Ribozymes, Jahar K Deb and Chilakamarthi Ushasri
Hybrid enzymes, Licia M Pera, Mario D Baigori and Guillermo R Castro
Diagnostic enzymes, Sudip K Rakshit
Therapeutic enzymes, K Madhavan Nampoothiri, Abdulhameed Sabu and Ashok Pandey
Inteins: Enzymes generating protein splicing, Isabelle Saves
Subject Index