ABSTRACT

At present, microbial enzymes are being extensively used in different areas, due to their high effi ciency and specifi city (Damásio et al. 2010). Microbial enzymes have found applications in areas of genetics, protein engineering and in the development of new industrial processes, including processes

1Biology Department, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Brazil. E-mail: polizeli@ffclrp.usp.br; alinepolizeli@gmail.com 2Biochemical and Immunology Department of School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Brazil. aE-mail: andre.damasio@gmail.com bE-mail: alemaller@yahoo.com.br 3Science Pharmaceutical Department of School of Pharmaceutical Science of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Brazil. E-mail: hamilton@fcfrp.usp.br 4Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: mkrai123@redifi imail.com *Corresponding author

related to the environmental pollution control. Pollution is no longer seen by society as an acceptable problem. Among enzymes that show intensive applications in industrial and environmental sectors, it is those from the pectinolytic system that act on pectin or structurally related compounds.