Biocatalysis in Polymer Science

by Gross, Richard A.; Cheng, H. N.

• ISBN13: 9780841237810
• ISBN10: 0841237816
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-16
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

Biocatalysis in Polymer Science provides current information on biocatalysis, which is the use of enzymes or living organisms to carry out chemical reactions. All of the authors, including the editors, are experts and practitioners of polymer biocatalysis. Topics covered in this book include synthetic polymers, natural polymers, oligomers, and monomers. These topics amply demonstrate the versatility of this technology. Organic chemists, polymer chemists, biochemists, and graduate students will find this book a useful experience.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
1. Biocatalysis in Polymer Science: An Overview	1	(33)
H. N. Cheng and Richard A. Gross
Development of Novel Methodologies
2. Generation of Environmentally Compatible Polymer Libraries via Combinatorial Biocatalysis	34	(16)
Dae-Yun Kim, Xiaoqiu Wu, and Jonathan S. Dordick
3. Evolving and Screening Enzymes for New Activities on Polymer Substrates	50	(7)
Douglas C. Youvan, William J. Coleman, and Edward J. Bylina
4. Polymer-Modulated, Diffusion-Controlled Enzyme Kinetics on Monolayers	57	(8)
Keiji Tanaka and Hyuk Yu
5. Recent Developments in the Field of In Vitro Biosynthesis of Plant B-Glucans	65	(15)
Josephine Lai Kee Him, Henri Chanzy, Ludovic Pelosi, Jean-Luc Putaux, and Vincent Bulone
6. Cyclohexanol Biodegradation Genes: A Pathway of Opportunities	80	(13)
Hiroaki Iwaki, Yoshie Hasegawa, Masahiro Teraoka, Tai Tokuyama, Laetitia Bernard, and Peter C. K. Lau
7. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Nucleoside-Branched Poly(vinyl alcohol)	93	(6)
Y. Tokiwa, H. Fan, T. Raku, and M. Kitagawa
8. Effect of DMSO on Regioselective Synthesis of Vinyl Sugars Catalyzed by Protease	99	(8)
M. Kitagawa, T. Raku, H. Fan, and Y. Tokiwa
9. Enzyme-Catalyzed Synthesis of Well-Defined Macromers Built around a Sugar Core	107	(13)
Rajesh Kumar and Richard A. Gross
Polyesters and Polycarbonates
10. In Vivo and In Vitro Metabolic Engineering of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Biosynthesis Pathways	120	(4)
Alexander Steinbuchel
11. Controlling the Polymer Microstructure of Biodegradable Polyhydroxyalkanoates	124	(4)
Aaron S. Kelley and Friedrich Srienc
12. Enantioselective and Regioselective Polymerization with Lipase Catalysis to Polyesters	128	(13)
Shiro Kobayashi and Hiroshi Uyama
13. Enzyme-Catalyzed Direct Polyesterification	141	(15)
Kurt F. Brandstadt, John C. Saam, and Ajit Sharma
14. Biocatalytic Synthesis of Novel Functional Polycarbonates	156	(16)
Kirpal S. Bisht and Talal F. Al-Azemi
15. Lipase-Catalyzed Polytransesterification Reactions	172	(16)
Ajay Kumar, Bhanu Kalra, and Richard A. Gross
16. Synthesis and Modification of Carbohydrates through Biotechnology	188	(15)
Peter R. Andreana, Wenhua Xie, and Peng George Wang
17. Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions of Polysaccharides	203	(14)
H. N. Cheng and Qu-Ming Gu
18. Modification of Cellulose Solids by Enzyme-Catalyzed Transesterification with Vinyl Esters in Anhydrous Organic Solvents	217	(14)
Jiangbing Xie and You-Lo Hsieh
19. Grafting Renewable Chemicals to Functionalize Chitosan	231	(12)
C. Justin Govar, Tianhong Chen, Nai-Chi Liu, Michael T. Harris, and Gregory F. Payne
20. Lipase-Catalyzed Grafting Reactions on Polysaccharides	243	(10)
Qu-Ming Gu
21. Lipase-Mediated Selective TEMPO Oxidation of Hydroxyethylcellulose	253	(12)
Shanghui Hu, Wei Gao, Rajesh Kumar, Richard A. Gross, Qu-Ming Gu, and H. N. Cheng
22. Reaction-Diffusion of Enzyme Molecules in Biopolymer Matrices	265	(21)
Yu Cheng and Robert K. Prud'homme
Other Examples of Polymer Biocatalysis
23. Enzymatic Degradation of Polyester Urethanes Studied by Multi-Angle Laser Light Scattering	286	(11)
D. Himel, D. P. Norwood, and W. F. Reed
24. Peroxidase-Mediated Free Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Monomers	297	(14)
B. Kalra and R. A. Gross
Author Index	311	(2)
Subject Index	313