Guidelines for reporting of biocatalytic reactions

Enzymes and whole cells are being increasingly applied in research and industry, but the adoption of biocatalysis relies strongly on useful scientific literature. Unfortunately, too many published papers lack essential information needed to reproduce and understand the results. Here, members of the...

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Published in:Trends in biotechnology (Regular ed.) 2010-04, Vol.28 (4), p.171-180
Main Authors: Gardossi, Lucia, Poulsen, Poul B, Ballesteros, Antonio, Hult, Karl, Švedas, Vytas K, Vasić-Rački, Đurđa, Carrea, Giacomo, Magnusson, Anders, Schmid, Andreas, Wohlgemuth, Roland, Halling, Peter J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biocatalysis
Biocatalysts
Biochemistry
Biokemi
Biotechnology
Cells - metabolism
Chemistry
ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION
Enzymes
Enzymes - metabolism
Europe
Experiments
Internal Medicine
Kemi
NATURAL SCIENCES
NATURVETENSKAP
NONLINEAR-REGRESSION
PENICILLIN ACYLASE
Publishing - standards
Studies
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Summary:Enzymes and whole cells are being increasingly applied in research and industry, but the adoption of biocatalysis relies strongly on useful scientific literature. Unfortunately, too many published papers lack essential information needed to reproduce and understand the results. Here, members of the scientific committee of the European Federation of Biotechnology Section on Applied Biocatalysis (ESAB) provide practical guidelines for reporting experiments. The document embraces the recommendations of the STRENDA initiative (Standards for Reporting Enzymology Data) in the context of pure enzymology and provides further guidelines and explanations on topics of crucial relevance for biocatalysis. In particular, guidelines are given on issues such as the selectivity, specificity, productivity and stability of biocatalysts, as well as on methodological problems related to reactions in multiphase systems. We believe that adoption and use of these guidelines could greatly increase the value and impact of published work in biocatalysis, and hence promote the further growth of applications.
ISSN:0167-7799
1879-3096
1879-3096
DOI:10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.01.001