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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2023

Pullulanase: unleashing the power of enzyme with a promising future in the food industry.

Bindu Naik, Vijay Kumar, S K Goyal, Abhishek Dutt Tripathi, Sadhna Mishra, Per Erik Joakim Saris, Akhilesh Kumar, Sheikh Rizwanuddin, Vivek Kumar, Sarvesh Rustagi

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
11.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  14. Extracellular Overexpression of a Neutral Pullulanase inBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Bindu NaikDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Uttarakhand, India.
Vijay KumarHimalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, India.
S K GoyalDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Abhishek Dutt TripathiDepartment of Dairy Science and Food Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Sadhna MishraFaculty of Agricultural Sciences, GLA University, Mathura, India.
Per Erik Joakim SarisDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Akhilesh KumarHimalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, India.
Sheikh RizwanuddinDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Uttarakhand, India.
Vivek KumarHimalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, India.
Sarvesh RustagiDepartment of Food Technology, UCLAS, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India.
Swami Rama Himalayan University · INUniversity of Helsinki · FIBanaras Hindu University · INGLA University · INGraphic Era University · INUttaranchal University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pullulanases are the most important industrial group of enzymes in family 13 glycosyl hydrolases. They hydrolyze either α-1,6 and α-1,4 or both glycosidic bonds in pullulan as well as other carbohydrates to produce glucose, maltose, and maltotriose syrups, which have important uses in food and other related sectors. However, very less reports are available on pullulanase production from native strains because of low yield issues. In line with the increasing demands for pullulanase, it has become important to search for novel pullulanase-producing microorganisms with high yields. Moreover, high production costs and low yield are major limitations in the industrial production of pullulanase enzymes. The production cost of pullulanase by using the solid-state fermentation (SSF) process can be minimized by selecting agro-industrial waste. This review summarizes the types, sources, production strategies, and potential applications of pullulanase in different food and other related industries. Researchers should focus on fungal strains producing pullulanase for better yield and low production costs by using agro-waste. It will prove a better enzyme in different food processing industries and will surely reduce the cost of products.

Indexed as

agro-wastefungiindustrial applicationspullulanasesolid-state fermentation

Identifiers

PMID37449089
PMCPMC10337586
OpenAlexW4382582931

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