A Comprehensive Insight into Fungal Enzymes: Structure, Classification, and Their Role in Mankind's Challenges

• Published in: Journal of fungi (Basel) Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 23
• Main Authors: El-Gendi, Hamada, Saleh, Ahmed K, Badierah, Raied, Redwan, Elrashdy M, El-Maradny, Yousra A, El-Fakharany, Esmail M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.12.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Amino acids; Antibiotics; applications; Bioremediation; Coffee; Enzymes; Fruit juices; function; Fungi; Leather; Lignin; Oxidation; Review; Shelf life; structure and classification; Textile industry; enzymes; structure and classification; fungi; function; applications
• ISSN: 2309-608X; 2309-608X
• DOI: 10.3390/jof8010023

Enzymes have played a crucial role in mankind's challenges to use different types of biological systems for a diversity of applications. They are proteins that break down and convert complicated compounds to produce simple products. Fungal enzymes are compatible, efficient, and proper products for many uses in medicinal requests, industrial processing, bioremediation purposes, and agricultural applications. Fungal enzymes have appropriate stability to give manufactured products suitable shelf life, affordable cost, and approved demands. Fungal enzymes have been used from ancient times to today in many industries, including baking, brewing, cheese making, antibiotics production, and commodities manufacturing, such as linen and leather. Furthermore, they also are used in other fields such as paper production, detergent, the textile industry, and in drinks and food technology in products manufacturing ranging from tea and coffee to fruit juice and wine. Recently, fungi have been used for the production of more than 50% of the needed enzymes. Fungi can produce different types of enzymes extracellularly, which gives a great chance for producing in large amounts with low cost and easy viability in purified forms using simple purification methods. In the present review, a comprehensive trial has been advanced to elaborate on the different types and structures of fungal enzymes as well as the current status of the uses of fungal enzymes in various applications.