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The Fourth Wave of Biocatalysis Emerges— The 13 th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations
Author(s) -
Poppe László,
Vértessy Beáta G.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.201700687
Subject(s) - biocatalysis , biotransformation , biochemical engineering , chemistry , fermentation , catalysis , nanotechnology , materials science , enzyme , organic chemistry , engineering , reaction mechanism
Ride the wave ! Biocatalysis uses nature's catalysts, enzymes and whole cell systems, for synthetic purposes. In a biotransformation, the biocatalyst transforms a well‐defined substrate to the desired product, in contrast to the fermentation process, which produces the desired product from a complex mixture of nutrients. Biocatalysis has reached an industrially established level through several waves of technological evolution; participants of the BioTrans 2017 conference in Budapest could witness the newest wave of this technology.