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Lipases: A Promising Tool for Food Industry

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Lipases (triacylglycerol acylhydrolases EC: 3.1.1.3) are universal enzymes, present in all the living creatures, i.e. plants, animals, fungi and bacteria. Their basic function is to catalyze the hydrolysis of lipid into free fatty acid and glycerol at the interface of aqueous and organic solvent, which broadens its applications in various industries. Lipases catalyze a wide range of industrially important reactions: transesterifications, esterifications, interesterifications, etc. and also shows enantio-selectivity due to which they are considered as indispensable tools in food, pharmaceuticals, biofuel, diagnostics, chiral chemistry, drug, detergent, oleochemicals, cosmetics, leather, biosensor industry, etc. The present chapter deals with the production of lipases and their various applications in the food industry such as dairy, bakery, egg processing, oil and fat, flavouring and aroma, meat and fish processing, etc. Various advanced technologies such as metagenomics, directed evolution, genetic engineering, protein engineering, etc. have been discussed to add desired trades in enzymes and to achieve high yield. Light has also been thrown on the key players in global lipase industry and commercially available lipases in the ending notes.

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Negi, S. (2019). Lipases: A Promising Tool for Food Industry. In: Parameswaran, B., Varjani, S., Raveendran, S. (eds) Green Bio-processes. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3263-0_10

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