Enzymology and Applied Biocatalysis   

Our past and current research has been focused on several enzyme classes such as lipases, esterases, oxidoreductases, aromatic ammonia-lyases and aminomutases, ω-transaminases, carboxylic acid decarboxylases.

The research activity at the Enzymology and Applied Biocatalysis Research Center is aimed at:

• enzyme engineering through rational design and directed evolution tehniques

ACS Catal., 2019, 9: 8825.	Sci. Rep., 2019, 9: 647.

• enzyme assay developments

Sci. Rep., 2020, 10: 18418. | Biomolecules, 2020, 10: 838. | Sci. Rep., 2022, 12(1): 3347.

• enzyme immobilisation including support and method developments

React. Chem. Eng., 2018, 3: 790.	ChemCatChem, 2015, 7: 1122.

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, 11(16): 5553.

• process engineering for biocatalytic production of synthetically valuable compounds

ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2022, 9(15): 5461. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2018, 6: 11353.	ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2020, 8(3): 1611. Org. Lett., 2018, 20: 8052.

• batch, continuous-flow, micro-flow enzymatic and/or chemoenzymatic processes

ChemCatChem, 2011, 3: 343.	J. Flow. Chem., 2016, 6: 43.

ChemBioChem, 2015, 16: 2283.