ENZYMES IMMOBILIZATION AND ITS ADVANTAGE IN INDUSTRIES

Commercial-scale enzyme catalysis been implemented in several industries such as pharmaceutical and foods with recent trends for biofuel production and natural gas conversion. Product yield in such industries was shown to be governed by enzymatic catalysis being implemented in milder process conditions and under less energy consumption, with reduced waste generation, exceptional high product selectively to result in improvement in process economics and environmental sustainability. It is hereby recommended that more research should be carried out on the advantages of enzymes immobilization as well as their characteristics and activities as the immobilized catalyst offers continuous production, improved stability and the absence of the biocatalyst in the product stream.