Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Have the uses of enzymes in industry and medicine been of benefit to the society?
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Sat Aug 30 2003
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
Have the uses of enzymes in industry and medicine been of benefit to the society? Enzymes are amazing molecules. They are astonishingly specific and are able to find a substrate 'needle' in a 'haystack' of several others. They have a very high catalytic efficiency and can speed up the chemical reactions by lowering down the activation energy. The enzymes work by a process called the 'lock and key mechanism' by fitting in the specific molecules in the active site and then releasing them after the reaction.3+7 Enzymes play a very important role in the medicine and the industry today. The detergent industry is one of the largest outlets for industrial enzymes. The enzyme, protease is used to remove protein stains like blood, grass, egg and human sweat. 4 Lipases digests fatty stains and amylase removes starch stains. Some washing powders may contain cellulase complex, which is used to modify the microfibrils that develop...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 151,744 others
