Actinomycetes: A Repertory of Green Catalysts with a Potential Revenue Resource

Table 1

Commercially relevant enzymes produced by actinomycetes.

Enzyme	Use	Industry of application
Protease	Detergents	Detergent
	Cheese making	Food
	Clarification- low calorie beer	Brewing
	Dehiding	Leather
	Treatment of blood clot	Medicine
Cellulase	Removal of stains	Detergent
	Denim finishing, softening of cotton	Textile
	Deinking, modification of fibers	Paper and pulp
Lipase	Removal of stains	Detergent
	Stability of dough and conditioning	Baking
	Cheese flavoring	Dairy
	Deinking, cleaning	Textile
Xylanase	Conditioning of dough	Baking
	Digestibility	Animal feed
	Bleach boosting	Paper and pulp
Pectinase	Clarification, mashing	Beverage
	Scouring	Textile
Amylase	Removal of stains	Detergent
	Softness of bread softness and volume	Baking
	Deinking, drainage improvement	Paper and pulp
	Production of glucose and fructose syrups	Starch industry
	Removal of starch from woven fabrics	Textile
Glucose oxidase	Strengthening of dough	Baking
Lipoxygenase	Bread whitening	Baking
Phytase	Phytate digestibility	Animal feed
Peroxidase	Removal of excess dye	Textile