Enzymes as Biocatalysts for Lipid-based Bioproducts Processing

Another remarkable characteristic of enzymes is their high catalytic efficiency. Enzyme-catalyzed reactions usually display high reaction rate accelerations from 10 to 10 fold. 

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In addition, enzymes are able to act on a broad range of substrates (Rozzell, 1999 Schmid et al., 2001). Most importantly, unlike chemical catalysts, enzymes function at mild reaction conditions, ambient temperature, atmospheric pressure, and neutral pH. 

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