Enzymes

[Jinfull]

what enzymes are

-commercially used
-medically used
-and used purely for research

thanks.

[estie]

I tried to post here a few minutes ago, but it hasn't shown up, so I am going to re-post. Sorry if it ends up here twice!!

Are you looking for an exhaustive list, or just some examples? Well here are a few from the top of my head in the middle of the night:

1. lactases and lipases for cheese production, proteases and amylases for detergents, amylases for beer and bread production, glucose isomerase for high-fructose corn syrup production, cellulose for fabric softening

2. proteases for wound cleansing

3. taq-polymerase for DNA replication in PCR (polymerase chain reaction) technique

There are tons more, but these are the ones I can remember without having to pull out my textbooks!

[Peter Pedant]

oh come on Jinfull this sounds like an assignment at the end of a lecture or lectrues on - der daaah, enzymes in industry......

commercial - biological soaps. Brewing baking and food production see above are clever ideas which can be expanded

medical - systemic or topical

hyaluronidase in wounds

systemic - enzyme rplacement in a whole load of rare enzyme deficiencies no-one has ever heard of

penicllinase

streptokinase - clot busting

research - dont forget luciferase is used in any light producing reaction, to measure ATP

PCR, also proteases for amino acid chromatography (very out of date)

[Jinfull]

lol thanks