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Carbohydrate binding modules : functions and applications / Susana Moreira and Miguel Gama, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Biotechnology in Agriculture, Industry and Medicine
- Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carbohydrates.
- Enzymes.
- Binding sites (Biochemistry).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (78 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publisher's, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Carbohydrates play an important role in many biological and biochemical processes, including the fertilization, cell differentiation and maturation, protein folding and degradation. This book presents the latest research in carbohydrate binding molecules.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULES: FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 2 THE CBM STORY
- Chapter 3 CBM CLASSIFICATION
- 3.1. CBM FAMILIES
- 3.1.1. Cellulosomes
- 3.2. CBM TYPES
- 3.2.1. Type A CBMs
- 3.2.2. Type B CBMs
- 3.2.3. Type C CBMs
- Chapter 4 CBMS AT WORK
- 4.1. THE PROXIMITY EFFECT
- 4.2. THE TARGETING EFFECT
- 4.3. THE DISRUPTIVE EFFECT
- 4.4. THE AVIDITY EFFECT
- Chapter 5 CBMS AND PHYSIOLOGIC FUNCTION
- 5.1. CBMS IN PROTEIN TURNOVER
- 5. 2. CBMS IN ENERGY BALANCE AND DISEASES
- 5.3. CBMS ROLES IN PLANT: GROWTH, DEFENSE AND DEGRADATION
- 5.3.1 CBMs Acting on Polysaccharides: Cellulose, Starch, Chitin
- 5.3.2. CBMs in Biomass Conversion
- 5. 4. PLANT DEVELOPMENT
- 5. 5. PLANT DEFENSE
- Chapter 6 CBMS APPLICATIONS
- 6.1. CBMS IN THE PAPER INDUSTRY
- 6.2. CBMS IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
- 6.3. CBMS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
- 6.4. CBMS AS A MICROARRAY AND PROBING TOOL
- 6.5. CBMS AS A PROTEIN SOLUBILIZATION, PURIFICATION AND IMMOBILIZATION TOOL
- 6.6. CBMS AS BIOREMEDIATION TOOL
- 6.7. CBMS AS BIOMEDICAL TOOL
- Chapter 7 FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
- REFERENCES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61209-869-X
- OCLC:
- 928193872
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