Biocatalysts

LCAB project
LCAB group members

Enzymes which are capable of catalyzing reactions which have numerous advantages:

• substrate specificity
  
• srictly enantioselective and regiospecific
  
• active under mild conditions of pH and temperature
  
• do not require the utilization of solvents

As a result, biocatalysis reduces environmental costs of classical synthetic chemistry and participates in the development of “sustainable” chemistry which is becoming more and more important in the politics of development of industrial activities. The synthesis of chemical products thanks to biotechnology processes which use enzymes is called “white biotechnology” and is used by an increasing number of industrialists for the production of organic compounds, products for use in agriculture, pharmaceutical products, food additives and bioplastics (Hatti-Kaul et al., 2007).
 
  Multiple implications of enzymes in industry: