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The Commercial Applications of Enzyme Technology Enzymes have been used in industry and in manufacturing for many hundreds of years. They are more versatile and cheaper than inorganic catalysts as they can catalyse specific reactions at low temperatures, and so have enormous potential in the commercial world. There are many advantages of using enzymes in industrial processes. As each enzyme is specific due to the tertiary structure of amino acids, each will only react to one substrate and less unwanted by-products are produced. They are organic substances, and therefore biodegradable and less environmental pollution is caused. Enzymes are energy saving as they are able to function at moderate states, such as neutral pH, normal atmospheric pressure and at moderate temperatures. However, they are very sensitive to changes in their surrounding environment and a slight change in pH or temperature may cause them to denature. Therefore the conditions must be controlled...

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