Biotechnology of biopolymers : from synthesis to patents volume 2

Volume 7 Preface I Lignin and Coal 1 Synthesis of Lignin in Transgenic and Mutant Plants jefiey F. D. Dean 2 Biotechnological Applications of Lignin-Degrading Fungi (White-Rot Fungi) Gary M. Scott, Masood Akhtar 3 Biotechnological Conversion of Coals into Upgraded Products Horst Meyrahn, Alexander Steinbiichel 11 Polyisoprenoids 4 Biochemistry of Natural Rubber and Structure of Latex Dhirayos Wititsuwannakul, Rapepun Wititsuwannakul 5 Biotechnological Processes for Recycling of Rubber Products Katarina Bredberg, Magdalena Christiansson, Bengt Stenberg, Olle Holst 6 Biotechnological Processes for Desulfurization of Rubber Products Katarina Bredberg, Magdalena Christiansson, Bengt Stenberg, Olle Holst I11 Polyesters 7 Metabolic Pathways and Engineering of PHA Biosynthesis Kazunori Taguchi, Seiichi Taguchi, Kumar Sudesh, Akira Maehara, Takeharu Euge, Yoshiharu Doi 8 Metabolic Flux Analysis on the Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Sang Yup Lee, Soon Ho Hong, Silae Park, Richard van Wegen, Anton P.]. Middelberg 9 Fermentative Production of Short-chain-length-PHAs Sang Yup Lee, Si Jae Park 10 Fermentative Production of Medium-chain-length Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) Ruud A. Weusthuis, Birgit Kessler, Marcia P. M. Dielissen, Bernard Witholt, Gerrit Eggi n k B i o t e c h n o l o ~o f Biopolymers. From Synthesis to Patents. Edited by A. Steinbiichel and Y. Doi Copyright 0 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Vlll Contents 11 Biosynthesis and Fermentative Production of Short-chain-length Medium-chainlength- PHAs Sang Yup Lee, Si]ae Park 12 Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates in Transgenic Plants Yves Poirier, Kenneth J. Gruys 13 Fermentative Production of Building Blocks for Chemical Synthesis of Polyesters Sang Yup Lee, Sang Hyun Park, Soon Ho Hong, Young Lee, Seung Hwan Lee IV Polysaccharides 14 Bacterial Cellulose Stanislaw Bielecki, Alina Krystynowicz, Marianna Turkiewicz, Halina Kalinowska 15 Bioemulsans: Surface-active Polysaccharide-containing Complexes Eugene Rosenberg, Eliora Z. Ron 16 Curdlan In-Young Lee 17 Succinoglycan Miroslav Stredansky 18 Alginates from Bacteria Bemd H. A. Rehm 19 Xanthan Karin Born, Virginie Langendoa Patrick Boulenguer 20 Dextran Timothy D. Leathers 21 Levan Sang-Ki Rhee, Ki-Bang Song, Chul-Ho Kim, Buem-Seek Park, Eun-Kyungjang, Ki-Hyo Jang 22 Hyaluronan Peter Prehm 23 Exopolysaccharides of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isabel Hallemeersch, Sophie De Baets, ErickJ. Vandamme 24 Scleroglucan Ioannis Giavasis, Linda M. Harvey, Brian McNeil 25 Schizophyllan Udo Rau 26 Alginates from Algae Kurt Ingar Draget, Olav Smidsr@d, Gudmund Skjbk-Brmk Contents IX Volume 2 V Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials 27 Cyanophycin Fred Bernd Oppermann-Sanio, Alexander Steinbiichel 28 Poly-y-glutamic Acid Makoto Ashiuchi, Haruo Misono 29 Modifications of Proteins and Poly(amino acids) by Enzymatic and Chemical Methods 843 Kousaku Ohkawa, Hiroyuki Yamamoto 30 Biology and Technology of Silk Production 873 Fritz Vollrath, David Knight 31 Fibrous Proteins from Recombinant Microorganisms Stephen R. Fahnestock 32 Spider Silk Proteins from Transgenic Plants 929 jiirgen Scheller, Udo Conrad 33 High-toughness Spider Silk Fibers Spun from Soluble Recombinant Silk Produced in Mammalian Cells 945 Costas N. Karatzas, Nathalie Chretien, Fran~oisD uguay, Annie Bellemare, Jiang Feng Zhou, Andrew Rodenhiser, Shafiul A. Islam, Carl Turcotte, Yue Huang, Anthoula Lazaris 34 Structure, Function, and Evolution of Vicilin and Legumin Seed Storage Proteins 967 James Martin Dunwell 35 Role of Nucleic Acid and Protein Manipulation Technologies in High-throughput Structural Biology Efforts Davidj. Aceti, Paul G. Blommel, Yaeta Endo, Brian G. Fox, Ronnie 0. Frederick, Adrian D. Hegeman, Won BaeJeon, Todd L. Kimball, Jason M. Lee, Craig S. Newman, Francis C. Peterson, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Kory D. Seder, Michael R. Sussman, Eldon L. Ulrich, Russell L. Wrobel, Sandy Thao, Dmitriy A. Vinarov, Brian F. Volkman, Qin Zhao VI Miscellaneous Polymers and General Aspects 36 Inorganic Polyphosphates Gerard J. J. Kortstee, Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht 37 Polythioesters Tina Liitke-Eversloh, Alexander Steinbiichel 38 Biotechnological Processes for the Production of Monomers for Subsequent Chemical Polymer Synthesis Sang Yup Lee, Si jae Park, Young Lee, Seung Hwan Lee 39 Economic Aspects of Biopolyrner Production Sang Yup Lee, Si Jae Park, Jong Pi1 Park, Young Lee, Seung Hwan Lee 40 Index