Open AccessUse of Bioanalytical Systems for the Improvement of Industrial Tryptophan Production
Author(s) -
Ulber R.,
Protsch C.,
Solle D.,
Hitzmann B.,
Willke B.,
Faurie R.,
Scheper T.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/1618-2863(200107)1:1<15::aid-elsc15>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - biotransformation , bioanalysis , biochemical engineering , tryptophan , chemistry , production (economics) , industrial production , microbiology and biotechnology , amino acid , engineering , chromatography , biology , biochemistry , economics , keynesian economics , macroeconomics , enzyme
Amino acids are used in different branches of industry and several methods exist for producing about three billion tons of these acids worldwide. The method for the production of tryptophan, outlined in this study, uses renewable resources (sugar beet molasses) and is based on chromatographic separation and biotransformation reactions. It is shown that the use of innovative bioanalytical systems leads to better economical and ecological conditions for an industrial biotransformation process.