Biotechnological applications of plant proteolytic enzymes

MARÍA G. GUEVARA.; GUSTAVO R. DALEO,

Springer

Año: 2018 p. 240

978-9929- 8141-58

Proteases (also termed as proteolytic enzymes or proteinases) refer to a group of enzymes whose catalytic function is to hydrolyze peptide bonds of proteins. These enzymes are widely distributed in all plants, animals and microorganisms. Proteases fields of application are very diverse, including food science and technology, pharmaceutical industries, and detergent manufacturing. This book is a review about the results obtained during the last decade in biotechnological application of plant proteolytic enzymes. In the last years, plant proteolytic enzymes are the object of renewed attention from the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology not only because of their proteolytic activity on a wide variety of proteins but also because often they are active over a range of temperatures and pHs. All these have stimulated the research and increased the number of works on plant proteolytic enzymes.