Applications of Enzymes. Enzyme as Process Catalysts

Industrial applications represent more than 80% of the global market of enzymes. A distinction should be made between those cases in which the enzymatic conversion of the raw material into the product is the key operation and those in which the enzyme is used as an additive to modify certain functional property of the product. In the first case the enzymatic reaction is carried out in a controlled environment at optimized conditions with respect to the catalytic potential of the enzyme, while in the second case conditions for enzyme action are not specified to optimize its activity and sometimes not even controlled. Examples of the first case are the production of high-fructose syrups with immobilized glucose isomerase and the production of 6-aminopenicillanic acid from penicillin G with immobilized penicillin acylase examples of the second case are the use of fungal proteases in dough making and the use of pancreatin in leather bating. Most conventional uses of enzymes refer to 

Pectinase Mold Fruit juice extraction and clarification winemaking 

CeUulase Mold Fruit juice extraction and clarification textile stonewashing and bio-poUshing, deteigents digestive-aid 

Hemicellulase Mold, bacteria Bakery, bleaching of wood pulp 

Lactase Yeast, mold Delactosed milk and daity products whey treatment and upgrading 

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