Process Optimization for Bioscouring of Cotton Fabrics with Pectinase obtained from Paecilomyces variotii

Enzymes are bio-active compounds or catalyst that regulates many chemical reactions in living tissues and cells (Prathyusha and Suneetha, 2011). These enzymes have useful applications in paper, fruit and textile industries. Almost 75% of the estimated sale value among industrial enzymes in 1995 has been contributed by pectinases. As a result, Pectinase became one of the futuristic useful enzymes in commercial sector (Kashyap et al., 2001). Pectinase is an enzyme of high molecular weight, negatively charged, acidic glycosidic macromolecules that breakdown complex polysaccharides in plant tissues into simpler molecules with extraordinary specificity, catalytic power and substrate specificity (Approvi and Vuppu, 2012). Primarily, these enzymes are responsible for the degradation of the long and complex molecules called pectin that occur as structural polysaccharides in the middle lamella and the primary call walls of young plant cells.