The Advance of Pectinase Applications

Pectinase is a heterogeneous group of related enzymes that can hydrolyze the pectic substances and was widely used. In order to know more about the application of pectinase in different industries, and accelerate the development of pectinase industry, the applications of pectinase in the fields of beverage,pectinase extraction of active components, feed and textile were summarized in this paper. Pectinase had a good effect in these fields, and it was expected to have more application and consumption. However, its expensive price was a key restrict factor for large-scale application, and the following aspects should be improved:(1) the screening of excellent pectinase strain should be strengthened to further reduce price of pectinase;(2) the process conditions of pectinase should be optimized to reduce the usage;(3) the regulation mechanism of pectinase should be strengthened;(4) keeping pectinase in better activity and stability with new molecular biology technology.