Biocatalysis

Evonik has many years of experience in biocatalysis, and offers a wide range of enzymes to perform many biocatalytic transformations.

These transformations employ natural isolated enzymes, genetically modified enzymes, and modified “designer cells” containing a series of enzymes including co-factors and co-factor regenerating enzymes. We can prepare modified enzymes and whole cell biocatalysts optimised for your process, as well as screening our large library of available biocatalysts.

Applications and Examples
Main application	Examples
α-amino acids and derivatives	Various enzymatic reactions
β-amino acids	Wide range of β-amino acids, especially aryl-amino acids
Chiral alcohols	Various enzymatic reactions, especially alcohol dehydrogenases
Chiral cyanohydrins	Wide range of aliphatic and aromatic cyanohydrins
Fermentation	Amino acids by fermentation, link Rexim
Enzymes	Acylase Alcohol dehdyrogenase Aldolase Amino acid dehydrogenase Beta-decarboxylase Fumarase Hydantoinase Hydroxynitrile lyase Lipase and esterase Nitrile hydratase
Whole-cell biocatalysts	Multi enzyme designer cells

Biocatalysis

Evonik has many years of experience in biocatalysis, and offers a wide range of enzymes to perform many biocatalytic transformations.

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