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Enzymes for low temperature washing
Author(s) -
Nielsen M. H.,
Jepsen S. J.,
Outtrup H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02672384
Subject(s) - protease , enzyme , chemistry , materials science , pulp and paper industry , chromatography , environmental science , chemical engineering , biochemistry , engineering
The increasing use of synthetic fibers which cannot tolerate temperatures above 50–60 C has changed the washing habits during the past 5–10 years toward the use of lower washing temperatures. Furthermore, the energy crisis has focused interest on washing at ambient temperatures for the purpose of saving energy. In order to compensate for the lower washing efficiency at decreased temperatures, enzyme producers have devoted much R&D capacity to screen for new proteolytic enzymes which are more suitable for washing at lower temperatures. The result of a screening program carried out for several years, a new detergent protease with interesting characteristics, is discussed.