A Symposium: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Beta- Glucosidases, Washington, D.C., August 23-28, 1992

一个题为“β -葡萄糖苷酶的生物化学和分子生物学”的专题讨论会已经组织起来，并将与1992年8月23日至28日在华盛顿特区举行的美国化学学会年会一起举行。研讨会将分为三个部分，为期一天半。18位领先的研究人员应邀回顾了他们的过去，并介绍了他们正在研究的β -葡萄糖苷酶的最新研究。主题将包括(1)从植物、人类、昆虫、真菌和细菌中纯化和表征β -葡萄糖苷酶；(2)催化机制；(3)β -葡萄糖苷酶基因的分离、表征和操作；(4)β -葡萄糖苷酶在生物质转化中的工业应用。研讨会论文将被收集成一本书，由美国化学会图书部出版。目前对-葡萄糖苷酶的研究具有重要的科学和经济意义。植物酶与生长效率、食物和饲料毒性有关，真菌和细菌酶可用于纤维素向葡萄糖的工业转化；人体酶缺乏症是导致戈歇病的原因

A Symposium entitled "The biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Beta-Glucosidases" has been organized and will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C., August 23-28, 1992. The symposium will include three sessions and will last one and one half days. Eighteen leading research have been invited to review their past and present their current research on the Beta- glucosidase they are studying. Topics will include (1) the purification and characterization of Beta-glucosidases from plants, humans, insects, fungi, and bacteria; (2) the mechanism of catalysis: (3) isolation, characterization, and manipulation of Beta-glucosidase genes: and (4) use of Beta-glucosidases for biomass conversion in industry. Symposium papers will be collected into a book to be published by the American Chemical Society Books Department. %%% Current research on Beta glucosidases has significant scientific and economic implications. Plant enzymes are implicated in growth productivity, food and feed toxicities, fungal and bacterial enzymes could be used in the industrial conversion of cellulose to glucose; and human enzyme deficiency is the cause of Gaucher's disease.