ABSTRACT
Enzymes are the catalysts of biological systems and are used in industry and medicine because of their catalytic abilities, which ensure that they
are substrate-specific and they remain unchanged throughout any reaction. Enzymes also keep costs down because they can be used in minimal quantities. They have been employed in the industries from creating lactosefree dairy products to fast-acting laundry detergents, to the textiles, foods, detergents, animals, and biofuels and also find application in therapeutics and healthcare industry. In medicine, they are useful because they are specific and do not cause side effects when administered to patients. Use of enzymes in industry and medicine is highly ethical, socially desirable and beneficial, economically efficient and represents an advance in modern technological processes.
