Industrial applications of immobilized enzymes: Food and other areas

Abstract

This chapter provides a nonexhaustive insight on the industrial applications of immobilized enzymes, including the food industry. The last two decades have seen a continuous advance in protein engineering and genetic engineering of enzymes (with many recombinant proteins available from genetically modified organisms), new supports and reactor configurations such as magnetic nanomaterials and 3D microreactors, new reaction media such as ionic liquids, and also many improvements in bioreactors and bioprocesses. However, there are still several problems to solve to go forward to a more widespread use of enzymatic technologies in classic applications and in fields like environmental remediation or materials.