Journal: Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering
Guest editor(s):Dr. Nivedita Jaiswal
Co-Guest Editor(s):

Introduction

Chemical engineering plays a crucial role by contributing to the design, optimization, and implementation of processes related to the production and utilization of enzymes with improved biochemical characteristics enhancing their relevance in various industries, including agriculture, medicine, and biotechnology. The ongoing and growing need for time is driven by the desire to fulfill the expectations of industrial and biotechnological settings. This involves enabling these settings with innovative and more effective enzymes featuring enhanced biochemical traits, including thermostability and thermotolerance. Thermostable enzymes are consequently regarded and suggested as industrially significant, capable of offering a diverse array of applications beyond physiological ones, such as in agriculture, medicine, and biotechnology. This involves screening, isolation, purification and physico-chemical characterization of thermostable enzymes. Moreover, the investigation into appropriate matrices for immobilization and the optimization of the process usually result in enhanced multipronged stability. This has brought about substantial improvements in the enzyme's diverse beneficial attributes, rendering it more versatile for various industrial applications. Thus, in this context, the present thematic issue welcomes research papers and review articles with emphasis on the structural characteristics, catalytic mechanism and structure-function relationship of the enzymes in which extensive research has been made and thus, will be of immense interest to the researchers working in this field. Gaining insights into the structure-function relationship of enzymes is crucial, as it offers valuable information about their mechanisms, substrate specificity, dynamics, and regulation. Exploring the intricate details of how enzymes operate at a molecular and chemical level provides valuable knowledge applicable across diverse fields, such as biotechnology, drug discovery, and metabolic engineering.

Keywords

Chemical engineering; Enzymes; Biochemical characteristics; Thermostability; Industrial applications; Structure-function relationship

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