Study of the parameters used in the encapsulation of commercial pectinase in calcium alginate and its effect on its catalytic activity
The pectinolytic enzymes have many applications in different industries such as fruits and vegetable juices, wine, textile, and paper and pulp industries (Rehman et al., 2014; Gummadi & Panda, 2003; Kashyap et al., 2001). Pectinase is a generic term used for the complex group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of pectin by breaking a-1-4-glycosidic linkage of galacturonic acid to decrease the viscosity which is responsible for causing turbidity and undesirable cloudiness in fruits juices (Rehman et al., 2013; Kashyap et al., 2001).