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Frontispiece: Heterogeneous Systems Biocatalysis: The Path to the Fabrication of Self‐Sufficient Artificial Metabolic Cells
Author(s) -
LópezGallego Fernando,
Jackson Erienne,
Betancor Lorena
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201787161
Subject(s) - biocatalysis , nanotechnology , biochemical engineering , synthetic biology , path (computing) , chemistry , process (computing) , living systems , cascade , artificial cell , computer science , materials science , engineering , computational biology , artificial intelligence , biology , catalysis , biochemistry , membrane , ionic liquid , operating system , programming language , chromatography
A variety of self‐sufficient heterogeneous biocatalysts with applications in fine, environmental and analytical chemistries are discussed in the Concept article by F. López‐Gallego et al. on page 17841 ff. The integration of enzymes and cofactors (both natural and artificial ones) into solid‐materials results in self‐sufficient systems capable of catalyzing a large repertoire of cascade reactions. Furthermore, the heterogeneous nature of these systems enables their re‐utilization during several operational cycles as well as their integration into flow‐systems for process intensification.