The unique characteristics of enzymes make them highly applicable for a number of chemical transformation reactions. This special issue covers six articles, including a review article, highlighting the importance and applications of biotechnology and industrial value. Enzymes play a prominent role in pharmaceutical industries today due to their ability to efficiently and selectively catalyze biochemical reactions in living microbial enzymes and their applications in industries and medicine. Consult this special issue. Review article, open access. Article, In particular, microbial enzymes are widely used in industry and medicine. Microbial enzymes are also more active and stable than plants and animals. The applications of enzymes in medicine are as extensive as in industry and are growing rapidly. At present, the most important medical uses of microbial enzymes are industrial applications of enzymes: recent advances, techniques and prospects. 6 238. DOI: 10.3390 catal8060238. Licence. CC. 0. Authors: Jordan Chapman; Some examples of industrial uses of enzymes: Rennin for the coagulation of milk to make cheese. Yeast invertase and lactase in the food industry. Cellulase and amylase for removing waxes, oils and microbial enzymes and their applications in industries and. BioMed Research 1-3. DOI: 10. License. CC. 0. Authors: Priyanka, Enzymes are the large biomolecules necessary for the many chemical interconversions that support life. They accelerate all metabolic processes in the body and perform a specific task. Enzymes are very efficient and can increase reaction rates millions of billions of times faster than any normal chemical reaction; The use of enzymes is widespread in the food industry, which mainly uses three sources: microbes, plants or animal tissues. Motta et al. 2023. In the food industry, have been. Singh R, Kumar M, Mittal A, Mehta PK 2016 Microbial enzymes: industrial progress in the 1st century. 3 174. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Sizer IW 1972 Medical applications of microbial enzymes. Advanced Application 1-11. Article Google Scholar Most industrial enzymes are hydrolases of a hydrolytic nature, catalyzing the degradation of natural polymeric substrates such as proteins, starches, lipids, fibers and complex cell walls, into simpler molecules. Most of these processes for various applications have been developed to operate under mild and safe conditions 2. Most frequently used, Dosing and Mixing. The relationship between the dose of an enzyme and the observed response is most often log-linear Zhang et al. Rosen, a, b. This is systematically overlooked in studies where the dosage of an enzyme is tested and the data are analyzed quadratically. As a result, recombinant enzymes have emerged as new treatments for many diseases such as genetic abnormalities LSD, CF, et cetera and cancer, among others. medical applications 93.94. To become widely used drugs, enzyme therapies must overcome the rapid clearance of enzymes in vivo, unwanted off-target interactions and,