Protein Engineering of Industrial Enzymes

Scientists have known the role of DNA as a storage and retrieval medium of genetic information since the 1940’s. The molecular structure of DNA was published in 1953. Inventions of genetic engineering tools like recombinant DNA technology and polymerase chain reaction have made it possible to overproduce enzymes and to improve their properties towards a desired target. This has resulted in a development of new enzyme technologies and applications. In the future bioinformatics technologies such as statistical analysis of protein structures will make it possible to predict structure-function relationships.