Enzymes are bio­log­i­cal mol­e­cules that cat­alyze chem­i­cal reac­tions. In enzy­mat­ic reac­tions, the mol­e­cules at the begin­ning of the process are con­vert­ed into dif­fer­ent mol­e­cules called prod­ucts. Almost all chem­i­cal reac­tions in a bio­log­i­cal cell need enzymes in order to occur at rates suf­fi­cient for life. Some enzymes are used com­mer­cial­ly in var­i­ous indus­tries. Here’s a list of indus­tries where enzymes are used :

Food Indus­try

Enzymes are used in the man­u­fac­tur­ing process of wheat flour used for bak­ing, alco­hol and fruit juices. The wheat flour nat­u­ral­ly con­tains enzymes ; how­ev­er, yeast added to the mix­ture also con­tains enzymes which fer­ment the mal­tose over time, to make the dough rise. In the alco­hol indus­try, fer­men­ta­tion depends on the action of enzymes helped by the yeasts and bac­te­ria used in the pro­duc­tion process. The ben­e­fit of using enzymes in the bev­er­age indus­try is that it allows being more eco­nom­ic and hav­ing con­sis­tent qual­i­ty. Enzymes are also used in the pro­cess­ing of fruit juices to max­i­mize the pro­duc­tion of clear or cloudy juice.

Tex­tile Industry

Enzymes are used in the leather and tex­tile indus­tries in fin­ish­ing process­es. Pro­teas­es help in the de-hair­ing of the ani­mal hides and lipas­es are used for de-greas­ing. The cor­rect appli­ca­tion of a cel­lu­lose enzyme can give a smoother, glossier brighter fab­ric to cel­lu­lose fibers like cot­ton. This tech­nique is known as bio-pol­ish­ing. The ben­e­fit of using enzymes in this area of indus­try illus­trates their valu­able tech­no­log­i­cal con­tri­bu­tion as it gives a lot of con­trol on the final result of the mate­r­i­al.

Chem­i­cal Industry

Pro­tease digests organ­ic stains such as grass, blood, egg and human sweat while lipas­es are effec­tive on stains result­ing from fat­ty prod­ucts and amy­lases are effec­tive on remov­ing starchy food deposits. Some wash­ing pow­ders con­tain cel­lu­lose to bright­en col­ors and soft­en fab­rics. Pro­tease and amy­lase are also effec­tive in dish­wash­er deter­gents to remove food par­ti­cles. Using enzymes in wash­ing pow­ders helps cre­ate envi­ron­ment friend­ly prod­ucts with few­er bleach­ing agents and phos­phates.

Med­ical Usage

Enzymes are used for var­i­ous med­ical pur­pos­es. They’re use in dia­bet­ic test strips of paper. These papers are impreg­nat­ed with glu­cose oxi­dase to mon­i­tor their blood sug­ar. Pro­teas­es are used to clean wounds and there­fore accel­er­ate the heal­ing process. Enzymes are also used as med­i­cines to replace enzyme defi­cien­cies in patients. If you’re look­ing for enzymes for man­u­fac­tur­ing any of these prod­ucts, get in touch with us, at Wat­son Inter­na­tion­al we offer a wide range of enzymes at afford­able prices. We are con­stant­ly upgrad­ing every aspect of our qual­i­ty sys­tems in terms of staff train­ing, doc­u­men­ta­tion and ana­lyt­i­cal capa­bil­i­ties to achieve the high­est qual­i­ty lev­els possible.