Ride the wave! Biocatalysis uses nature's catalysts, enzymes and whole cell systems, for synthetic purposes. In a biotransformation, the biocatalyst transforms a well‐defined substrate to the desired product, in contrast to the fermentation process, which produces the desired product from a complex mixture of nutrients. Biocatalysis has reached an industrially established level through several waves of technological evolution; participants of the BioTrans 2017 conference in Budapest could witness the newest wave of this technology.

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第四波生物催化应运而生—第十三届国际生物催化与生物转化研讨会

乘风破浪！生物催化使用自然界的催化剂，酶和整个细胞系统进行合成。在生物转化中，与发酵过程相反，生物催化剂将定义明确的底物转化为所需的产物，而发酵过程则是从复杂的营养混合物中产生所需的产物。通过几波技术发展浪潮，生物催化已达到工业水平。在布达佩斯举行的BioTrans 2017会议的与会者可以见证这一技术的最新发展。