Biocatalysis has found numerous applications in various fields as an alternative to chemical catalysis. The use of enzymes in organic synthesis, especially to make chiral compounds for pharmaceuticals as well for the flavors and fragrance industry, are the most prominent examples. In addition, biocatalysts are used on a large scale to make specialty and even bulk chemicals. This review intends to give illustrative examples in this field with a special focus on scalable chemical production using enzymes. It also discusses the opportunities and limitations of enzymatic syntheses using distinct examples and provides an outlook on emerging enzyme classes.

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Biocatalysis: Enzymatic Synthesis for Industrial Applications

Ionic liquid pretreatment as emerging approaches for enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass

Cascade utilization of lignocellulosic biomass to high-value products

Biorefinery roadmap based on catalytic production and upgrading 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Recent advances in nano-carrier immobilized enzymes and their applications

Catalytic transformation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into a series of high-value derivatives, such as 2,5-diformylfuran, 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid, 5-formyl-2-furancarboxylic acid, 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran, 5-alkanoyloxymethylfurfural, 5,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furoin and 5-hydroxymethylfurfurylamine, is a very important research field in the biorefinery process. For a long time, chemocatalytic pathways have been the main transformation methods of HMF, and so, they have been widely studied in recent years. However, considering some unavoidable issues of chemocatalytic pathways, biocatalytic pathways with many advantages, such as higher selectivity, gentler condition, lower investment and environmental friendliness, should be a promising alternative, and unfortunately, they have not yet attracted enough attention until now. To better understand the current research status, this review primarily retrospects and describes the discovery and development...

Biocatalytic Transformation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into High-Value Derivatives: Recent Advances and Future Aspects

Enhancement in ionic liquid tolerance of cellulase immobilized on PEGylated graphene oxide nanosheets: Application in saccharification of lignocellulose.

A cost-effective process for the coproduction of erythritol and lipase with Yarrowia lipolytica M53 from waste cooking oil

A novel ionic liquid-tolerant Fusarium oxysporum BN secreting ionic liquid-stable cellulase: Consolidated bioprocessing of pretreated lignocellulose containing residual ionic liquid

Jun Xia

Papers

Biocatalytic Transformation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into High-Value Derivatives: Recent Advances and Future Aspects

Enhancement in ionic liquid tolerance of cellulase immobilized on PEGylated graphene oxide nanosheets: Application in saccharification of lignocellulose.

A cost-effective process for the coproduction of erythritol and lipase with Yarrowia lipolytica M53 from waste cooking oil

A novel ionic liquid-tolerant Fusarium oxysporum BN secreting ionic liquid-stable cellulase: Consolidated bioprocessing of pretreated lignocellulose containing residual ionic liquid

Erythritol production by Yarrowia lipolytica from okara pretreated with the in-house enzyme pools of fungi.