Mukesh Kapoor
Senior. Scientist
Department of protein chemistry and technology
Central Food Technological Research Institute
India
Biography
Mukesh Kapoor received his Ph.D. Degree in Microbiology from University of Delhi, New Delhi in 2008 and carried out his postdoctoral work at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India. Subsequently, he worked as a Research Scientist at Reliance Life Sciences, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Research Interest
His area of interest includes: enzyme engineering, structure-function relationship of enzymes, thermo-stable enzymes with special focus on metal-protein interactions, immobilization of enzymes on nanomaterials, prebiotic oligosaccharides and their utilization by probiotics apart from industrial application of enzymes in food and related areas.
Publications
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Praveen KS, Appu RG, Appu R, Mukesh K (2016) Metaldependent thermal stability of recombinant endo-mannanase(ManB-1601) belonging to family GH 26 from Bacillus sp. CFR1601. Enzyme Microb. Technol 84: 41–49
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Gaurav SK, Deepesh P, Mukesh K (2016) Recombinant endomannanase (ManB-1601) production using agro-industrial residues: Development of economical medium and application in oil extraction from copra.Bioresour Technol 209: 220–227.
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Praveen KS, Mukesh K (2017) Production, properties and applications of endo-β-mannanases. Biotechnol. Adv 35: 1-19.
