Microbial Enzymes and Their Uses

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Microbial Enzymes and Their Uses

	Microbial Enzymes and Their Uses - Microbial enzymes are also used for production of synthetic polymers. Plastic industry mostly uses chemical methods for producing alkene oxides used in the production of plastics. It is now possible to synthesise alkene oxides by using microbial enzymes and genetically engineered strains would make commercial production feasible.
The synthesis of alkene oxides from alkenes requires sequential action of three enzymes: pyranose-2-oxidase from the fungus Oudmansiella mucida, a haloperoxidase from the fungus Caldariomyces, and an epoxidase from a Flavobacterium sp.