title: Molecular engineering of industrial enzymes: recent advances and future prospects.
abstract: Many enzymes are efficiently produced by microbes. However, the use of natural enzymes as biocatalysts has limitations such as low catalytic efficiency, low activity, and low stability, especially under industrial conditions. Many protein engineering technologies have been developed to modify natural enzymes and eliminate these limitations. Commonly used protein engineering strategies include directed evolution, site-directed mutagenesis, truncation, and terminal fusion. This review summarizes recent advances in the molecular engineering of industrial enzymes and discusses future prospects in this field. We expect this review to increase interest in and advance the molecular engineering of industrial enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
authors.forename: Haiquan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jianghua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hyun-Dong
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Guocheng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D019020:Directed Molecular Evolution / Q000379:methods*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes