Enzymatic Technologies for Marine Polysaccharides

Antonio Trincone is currently a senior researcher in Naples at the Instituto di Chimica Biomolecolare belonging to Consiglio Nazionales delle Ricerche, Italy. He is the author of over 120 scientific publications in a number of international journals. He is the editor of Bioatalysis: Chemistry and Biology (Woodhead) and on the editorial board of Marine Drugs. He is specialty chief editor of marine biotechnology in Frontiers in Marine Science (FMARS).

This book provides an overview of recent advances in research and technologies related to marine oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. These molecules have important applications in biotherapeutics, foods, cosmetics, environmental protection, and wastewater management.

Section 1: General view and sources of marine polysaccharides and oligosaccharides 1. Marine biodiversity as a new source of promising polysaccharides: innovative polysaccharides emerging from the marine biodiversity 2. Applications of marine polysaccharides in food processing 3. The manufacture, characterization, and uses of fucoidans from macroalgae 4. Chemical and biological routes for the valorization of macroalgal polysaccharides 5. Marine exopolysaccharides provide protection in extreme environments 6. Structural mechanisms involved in mild-acid hydrolysis of a defined tetrasaccharide-repeating sulfate fucan 7. Biosynthesis and extrusion of ß-chitin nanofibers by diatoms 8. The mucus of marine invertebrates: Cnidarians, polychaetes, and echinoderms as case studies 9. Biorefinery of unique polysaccharides from Laminaria sp., Kappaphycus sp., and Ulva sp.: structure, enzymatic hydrolysis, and bioenergy from released monosaccharides 10. Fermentative production and application of marine microbial exopolysaccharides Section 2: Extraction techniques, structural determination, and methodologies to assess biological activities 11. Marine polysaccharides: extraction techniques, structural determination, and description of their biological activities 12. Fucoidan: a tool for molecular diagnosis and targeted therapy of cardiovascular diseases 13. Marine polysaccharides as promising source of biological activities: extraction and purification technologies, structure, and activities 14. Microwave-assisted conversion of marine polysaccharides 15. Role of marine polysaccharides in treatment of metabolic disorders Section 3: Enzymatic technologies 16. Role of carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) in production of marine bioactive oligosaccharides and their pharmacological applications 17. Microbial enzymes and potential use in algal polysaccharide modifications 18. Molecular modification of marine sulfated polysaccharides 19. Marine algae-degrading enzymes and their applications in marine oligosaccharide preparation 20. Enzymatic technologies of chitin and chitosan 21. Enzymes used to produce glycosaminoglycan mimetics from marine polysaccharides 22. Production of value-added materials from alginate using alginate lyases and 4-deoxy-l-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronic acid-metabolic enzymes from alginolytic bacteria and marine gastropods