Carbonic Anhydrases as Biocatalysts

Carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) are ubiquitous metalloenzymes, present throughout most living organisms and encoded by five evolutionarily unrelated gene families. The Carbonic Anhydrases as Biocatalysts: From Theory to Medical and Industrial Applications presents information on the growing interest in the study of this enzyme family and their applications to both medicine and biotechnology.
- Offers comprehensive coverage of the carbonic anhydrases enzyme family and their properties as biocatalysts
- Includes current applications of carbonic anhydrases in biotechnology on the basis of their catalytic efficiency, including new technologies for CO2 capture processes
- Identifies new targets for drug design studies
- Provides a selectivity profile for the different carbonic anhydrases and their related biomedical applications

Preface PART I INTRODUCTION1. Carbonic Anhydrases: an overview PART II CARBONIC ANHYDRASES AS DRUG TARGETS2. Human Carbonic Anhydrases: catalytic properties, structural features and tissue distribution 3. Carbonic Anhydrase I 4. Carbonic Anhydrase II as target from drug design5. Carbonic Anhydrase III 6. Carbonic Anhydrase IV 7. The structure, physiological role and potential medicinal applications of Carbonic Anhydrase V8. Secreted Carbonic Anhydrase Isoenzyme VI9. Carbonic Anhydrase VII 10. Tumor associated carbonic Anhydrases IX and XII11. Carbonic anhydrase XIII 12. Carbonic anhydrase XIV: structure, functions and potential medical applications13. Acatalytic Carbonic anhydrases (CAs VIII, X, XI)14. Beta-class Carbonic anhydrases: general features and medical implications15. Bacterial Carbonic Anhydrases as drug targets PART III CARBONIC ANHYDRASES FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS16. Engineered mammalian Carbonic Anhydrases for CO2 capture 17. Carbonic anhydrases from extremophiles and their biotechnological applications18. Carbonic Anhydrases of environmentally and medically relevant anaerobic prokaryotes19. Delta Carbonic anhydrases: structure, distribution and potential roles20. CDCA1 from Thalassiosira weissflogii as representative member of zeta-class CAs: general features and biotechnological applications of anhydrases 21. Carbonic anhydrases as esterases and their biotechnological applications