Industrial Production and Utilization of Enzymes
Enzyme Production
Cost of Purification The effect of number of steps on the yield and costs in a typical enzyme purification process. For example, Step Specific activity Unit/mg Cost per weight ($/mg) Cost per activity ($/unit) 1 1.00 3 4 1.47 2 9 19 2.13 27 83 3.08 81 358 4.92 5 243 1536 6.32
Sources of Enzymes Biologically active enzymes may be extracted from any living organism: Of the hundred enzymes being used industrially, - over a half are from fungi - over a third are from bacteria with the remainder divided between animal (8%) and plant (4%) sources .
Sources f Enzymes Microbes are preferred to plants and animals as sources of enzymes because: They are generally cheaper to produce. Their enzyme contents are more predictable and controllable. - Plant and animal tissues contain more potentially harmful materials than microbes, including phenolic compounds (from plants).
E: extracellular enzyme; I: intracellular enzyme Fungal Enzymes Enzyme EC Sources Application a-Amylase 3.2.1.1 Aspergillus E Baking Catalase 1.11.1.6 I Food Cellulase 3.2.1.4 Trichoderma Waste Dextranase 3.2.1.11 Penicillium Glucose oxidase 1.1.3.4 Lactase 3.2.1.23 Dairy Lipase 3.1.1.3 Rhizopus Rennet 3.4.23.6 Mucor miehei Cheese Pectinase 3.2.1.15 Drinks Protease Catalase:catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen. E: extracellular enzyme; I: intracellular enzyme
Bacterial Enzymes a-Amylase 3.2.1.1 Bacillus E Starch b-Amylase Sources Application a-Amylase 3.2.1.1 Bacillus E Starch b-Amylase 3.2.1.2 Asparaginase 3.5.1.1 Escherichia coli I Health Glucose isomerase 5.3.1.5 Fructose syrup Penicillin amidase 3.5.1.11 Pharmaceutical Protease 3.4.21.14 Detergent Asparaginase:(EC 3.5.1.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid. Penicillin amidase: Sakaguchi and Murao1 reported on the presence of an enzyme in the mycelium of Penicillium chrysogenum and Aspergillus oryzae which would split penicillin G (I) into phenylacetic acid (II) and 'penicin' (III) :