Table 1.

Economically significant enzymes produced by basidiomycetes and ascomycetes.

Class of Enzyme	Sub-Category	Enzyme	Industrial Applications	References
Oxidoreductases	Heme-containing peroxidases and peroxygenases	Lignin peroxidase	Production of vanillin, textile dye degradation and bleaching, xenobiotic compounds degradation	[37]
		Manganese peroxidase	Bioethanol production, dye decolourisation, degradation of rubber, distillery waste treatment	[37,39]
		Versatile peroxidase	Novel delignification strategies	[38]
		Chloroperoxidase	Halogenation and oxygenation of organic compounds, lignin cleavage	[41,49]
		Aromatic/Unspecific peroxygenases	Bioremediation of recalcitrant pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, halogenated biphenyl esters, and chlorinated benzenes	[40]
		Dye-decolourising peroxidases	Decolourisation of synthetic dyes	[42,43]
	Flavin-containing oxidases and dehydrogenases	Aryl-alcohol oxidase	Synthesis of high value-added chemicals, flavours, production of bio-based polymer precursors, dye decolourisation, pulp bleaching	[50,51]
	Copper-containing oxidases and monooxygenases	Laccase	Detoxifier in industries such as pulp and paper, textile, and petrochemical Heavy metal precipitation, biosensor production, food processing, drug preparation	[52,53,54]
Hydrolases	Proteases	Alkaline, acid, and neutral proteases	Fabrication of laundry detergents, beer haze clarification, brewing, cheese making, meat tenderisation, synthesis of bioactive peptides	[33,34]
	Glycoside hydrolase	Cellulases: endoglucanases, exocellulases, and processive endoglucanases	Juice extraction and clarification, supplementation of livestock, biofuel production, laundry detergent production	[35]
	Xylanase	Hemicellulases, endo-1,4-β-D-xylanases, β-D-xylosidases, α-glucuronidase acetylxylan esterase, α-L-arabinofuranosidases, p-coumaric esterase, and ferulic acid esterase	Juice clarification, paper bleaching, and increasing the nutritional value of animal feeds.	[36,55]
	Amylase	α-amylase, β-amylase, and glucoamylase	Bread making, detergent manufacture, treatment of digestive disorders	[56]
	Lipase	Triacylglycerolacyl hydrolases	Production of detergents and cosmetic products, synthesis of biopolymers and biodiesel, manufacturing of food products	[36]