Enzimas lipoliticas bacterianapropiedades, clasificación, estructura, aplicaciones tecnológicas y aspectos legales

Abstract

The lipolytic enzymes are biocatalysts which carry out synthesis, hydrolysis reaction or transesterification of fat. The lipolytic enzymes that are found in nature have been used for the production of food during million years, but in the last decades they have acquired a high importance; due to multiple technologic applications in which they are able to act and to its advantages owned as opposed to non-biologic conventional catalysts. One of the main sources of these catalysts is bacterial, due to the fact that they are easy and quick to cultivate, among other advantages, and thanks to the molecular biology can be obtained in great amount. The aim of this paper is to describe several industrial applications of the lipolytic enzymes, and to do a slight review about its general properties, classification, acting mechanism and framework law.