Immobilization of Microbial Pectinases: a Review
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چکیده
Immobilization technology creates exciting new opportunities for commercial development in a wide range of industries. There are several reasons for using an enzyme in an immobilized form. In addition to more convenient handling of the enzyme, it provides for its facile separation from the product, thereby minimizing or eliminating protein contamination of the product. To date, pectinases have been immobilized by various techniques (adsorption, cross linked enzyme aggregates (CLEAs), covalent attachment etc.). In this review, we have focused on pectinase immobilization techniques and some applications of immobilized pectinases. Microbial pectinases have tremendous potential to offer mankind which can be efficiently used by applying immobilization principles on them.
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