Carbohydrate bioengineering proceedings of an international conference, Elsinore, Denmark, April 23-26, 1995 / [electronic resource] :
edited by Steffen B. Petersen, Birte Svensson, Sven Pedersen.
- Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1995.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 369 p.) : ill. (some col.)
- Progress in biotechnology ; 10 .
- Progress in biotechnology ; 10. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Carbohydrate Bioengineering Meeting held in Elsinore, Denmark, April 23-26, 1995, gathered 230 scientists, mostly from Europe, with interest in carbohydrate analysis and structure; carbohydrates in medicine and glycopathology; structure, function, application, and protein engineering of carbohydrate active enzymes; oligo- and polysaccharides of industrial interest; and production of carbohydrate containing new materials. The first chapters address glycoconjugates as modulatory and recognition molecules, structure determination using NMR and mass spectrometry, and microdialysis-chip enzyme-based sensors. Active site mutations coupled with crystal structures and synthetic substrate analogue interactions as well as new three-dimensional structures and binding domains for biotechnological applications are included in the chapters. Carbohydrate active enzymes turned out to be a predominant topic. The rapid development in glycobiology and glycotechnology has resulted in an enormous increase in our knowledge on the structure conversion, and application of carbohydrates in industry and medicine.