PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS OF PECTINASES: A REVIEW
AbstractPectinases are the pectinolytic enzymes that constitute an important component of the plant cell wall and of wide use with their target as pectins. Pectinases cover three different enzymes: Pectin-esterases (PE) act upon ester bonds in pectin breaking them into simpler forms, Polygalacturonases (PG) target the bonds between the galacturonosyl residues, and Pectate lyases (PL) target the alpha 1,4 glycosidic bond. These enzymes can be biosynthesized with the help of various microbes, including bacteria and fungi, using biological waste as a source of nutrients, carbon, and energy. These are commercially important because of their extensive use in the food and textile industry, clarification of beverages, maceration of plant tissue, treatment of wastewater, pulp liquefaction, textile industry and plant fiber processing, coffee, tea and oil extraction, de-gumming plant fibers, and improvement of chromaticity and stability of red wines. This review mainly aims at the pectinase’s, their types, mechanism of action, and the substrates on which they act. It also gives a broad view of the applications of these enzymes in the industrial sector.
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3602-3610
695
2044
English
IJPSR
P. Kaur, N. Yadav, P. Singh, H. Chawla, S. Kalra, M. Yashpal and K. Kalra *
Department of Zoology, Gargi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
kuntal.kalra@gmail.com
18 May 2020
01 February 2021
16 May 2021
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.12(7).3602-10
01 July 2021
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