: Enzymes catalyses various reactions involved in the preparation of different food products. It is one of the important
tools in modern food industry because while processing many intermediate processes are simplified due to use of enzymes. Pectin
is a naturally occurring hetero-polysaccharide which is found in the cell wall (middle lamellae) of plants. It is mainly composed
of esterified D-galactournic acid. The pectinases are the enzymes that are capable of hydrolysing the pectin polysaccharide into
smaller fragments. Pectin can be used in pharmaceutical industry as well as in the food industry as it can be used as a
thickening or solidifying agents. Pectinase is commonly used in degradation of pectin which is generally found in plants.
Pectinase has a molecular weight of about 35 KDa
