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Cold-adapted enzymes produced by organisms inhabiting permanently low temperature environments are typically characterized by a high activity at low to moderate temperatures and a poor thermal stability. Such characteristics make these enzymes highly attractive for various applications where they can enable more efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally friendlier processes than higher temperature-adapted enzymes. In this chapter, the biotechnological aspects of cold-adapted enzymes and their application in industry are reviewed and discussed with a focus on cleaning/detergents, food and beverages, molecular biology, biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, textiles, biofuels, and materials applications.
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T.C. is supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), the European Social Fund, the Programa Operacional Potencial Humano and the Investigador FCT Programme (IF/01635/2014). M.B. acknowledges the FCT for grant PD/BD/113810/2015 within the Doctoral Program in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. This work was funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through project EcoAgriFood (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000009) via the North Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020) under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement. The FCT is thanked for their funding through EngXyl (EXPL/BBB-BIO/1772/2013-FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-041595) and the strategic program UID/BIA/04050/2013 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007569). All the technical staff at the CBMA are thanked for their skillful technical assistance.
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Barroca, M., Santos, G., Gerday, C., Collins, T. (2017). Biotechnological Aspects of Cold-Active Enzymes. In: Margesin, R. (eds) Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57057-0_19
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