beta-Glucosidases : Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Offers an overview of the state-of-the-art and future research needs for -glucosidases. Provides coverage of -glucosidases from the entire spectrum of organisms, including humans and mammals, plants, insects, fungi, and bacteria. Includes chapters on the mechanism of catalysis by -glucosidases, substrate specificity and physiological substrates of -glucosidases, and cyanogenic -glucosidases and glucosides from plants and insects. Reviews human -glucosidases in relation to metabolism, foods and nutrition, and an inherited disorder. Also describes a model system using immobilized enzymes to convert cellulose to glucose.