title: Recombinant microbial lipases for biotechnological applications.
abstract: Lipases, mainly of microbial origin, represent the most widely used class of enzymes in biotechnological applications and organic chemistry. Modern methods of genetic engineering combined with an increasing knowledge of structure and function will allow further adaptation to industrial needs and exploration of novel applications. Production of such tailored lipases requires their functional overexpression in a suitable host. Hence, this article describes the functional heterologous production of commercially important microbial lipases. Based on the knowledge of different lipases' substrate binding sites, the most suitable lipase for a particular application may be selected.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Technische Biochemie, Universität Stuttgart, Germany. csd@cheme.caltech.edu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Dannert
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000235:genetics*; D002175:Candida / Q000235:genetics; D008049:Lipase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000235:genetics*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D008049:Lipase