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Diversity of Glycosyl Hydrolase Enzymes from Metagenome and Their Application in Food Industry
Author(s) -
Sathya T.A.,
Khan Mahejibin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/1750-3841.12677
Subject(s) - metagenomics , enzyme , biology , glycosyl , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , biochemistry , biochemical engineering , engineering , gene
Traditional use of enzymes for food processing and production of food ingredients resulted in fast‐growing enzyme industries world over. The advances in technologies gave rise to exploring newer enzymes and/or modified enzymes for specific application. Search for novel enzymes that can augment catalytic efficiency and advances in molecular biology techniques including sequencing has targeted microbial diversity through metagenomic approaches for sourcing enzymes from difficult to culture organisms. Such mining studies have received more attention in characterizing hydrolases, their prevalence, broad substrate specificities, stability, and independence of cofactors. The focus on glycosyl hydrolases from metagenome for their application in food sector is reviewed.