Enzymes for Industrial Use

1. Enzymes for Industrial Use Introduction to enzymes for industrial use Agriculture, Biomass, and Biofuels Enzymes have great potentials in agriculture, biomass processing, and biofuels production. In fact, some enzymes have already brought more effectiveness while doing less harm to the environment, compared to the more traditional chemical processes. Nowadays, more and more enzymes are used to improve productivity of agriculture, enhance biofuel quality, and enable economic biomass conversion. Chemical Processing As the sustainable catalyst with high reaction rate, enzymes have attracted more attention beyond chemical catalyst. Nowadays, more and more chemical processes are replaced by enzymes due to the clean and efficient catalytic performance. For example, in chiral synthesis, enzymes have shown extremely high stereo-specificity that is not observed with chemical catalysts, which simplifies the overall synthesis process. Environment and Waste Management Enzymes are natural catalysts that selectively break down a mixture of larger molecules. The increasing success rate of their use in bioremediation processes, backed by recent progresses in enzyme technology, inspires new possibilities for environment protection. Food and Beverage Applications Enzymes are known to aid food processing in a wide variety of applications, for example manufacturing of cheese, vinegar and wine; leavening of bread; brewing of beer and so on. In these processes enzymes help to save energy and resources, as well as improve the overall efficiency. In many instances, the use of enzymes has been proved to decrease the volumes and toxicity of byproducts and effluents.