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. 2021 Dec 28;8(1):23. doi: 10.3390/jof8010023

Table 1.

General application of fungal enzymes in different fields.

Application Field Fungal Name Enzyme Name Enzyme Use Ref.
Industries Food and beverage Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus oryzae CCT 3940, and Fusariumculmorum ASP-87 l-asparaginases Reduce the acrylamide formation in potato chips or French fries, bakery products, and coffee by degradation of l-asparagine [7,8,9]
Myceliophthora thermophilia Laccases Dough conditioner [10]
Aspergillus niger DFR-5 Xylanases Improve yield and clarity of pineapple juice [11]
Aspergillus niger Pectinases Improve the quantity of the extracted Orange juice [12]
Talaromyces leycettanus Pectinases Efficiency in pectin degradation from grape juice [13]
Pulp and paper Pycnoporus cinnabarinus Laccases Improve the brightness and strength properties of the pulp [14]
Trametes villosa Laccases Internal sizing of paper by use of laccase and hydrophobic compounds [15]
Trichoderma reesei QM9414 Xylanases Eco-friendly of biobleaching of Kraft pulp of sugarcane straw [16]
Trichoderma viride VKF-3, Fusariumequiseti MF-3, and Aspergillus japonicus MF-1 Cellulases, xylanases, laccases, and lipases Treatment enhances the brightness, deinking and reduces the heavy metals in the newspaper pulp [17]
Rhizopus oryzae MUCL 28168 and Fusarium solani Tannases Detoxification of coffee pulp by reduction of caffeine and tannins [18]
Aspergillus niger, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and Pycnoporus cinnabarinus Feruloyl esterases, Mn2+-oxidizing peroxidases, and laccases Decrease the final lignin content of flax pulp and improvement of pulp brightness [19]
Textile Aspergillus niger CKB and Trichoderma reesei ATCC 24449 Cellulases Textile waste hydrolysis for recovery of glucose and polyester [20,21]
Trichoderma longibrachiatum KT693225 Xylanases Desizing, bioscouring, and biofinishing of cellulosic fabrics (textile) without adding any additives [22]
Aspergillus Amylases Desizing of cotton fibers by removal of starch from the surface of textile fibers [23]
Candida orthopsilosis Pectinases Bioscouring of cotton fibers [24]
Aspergillus niger and Penicillium Glucose oxidases and catalases Removal of hydrogen peroxide from cotton bioprocessing [25]
Chaetomium globosum IMA1 Lignin peroxidases laccases and manganese peroxidases Decolorization of the industrial textile effluent [26]
Environment Biodegradation Irpex lacteus and Pleurotusostreatus Manganese-peroxidases and laccases Biodegradation of chlorhexidine and octenidine as antimicrobial compounds used in oral careproducts [27]
Marasmius sp. Laccases Degrade lignin by oxidizing the phenolic and non-phenolic compounds to produce dimers, oligomers, and polymers [28]
Mucor circinelloides Lipases, laccases, and peroxidases Biodegradation of diesel oil hydrocarbons [29]
Bioremediation Penicillium sp. Enzymatic reduction by the mer operon The fungal enzyme could detoxify mercury (II) by extracellular sequestration via adsorption and precipitation [30]
Coriolopsis gallica Laccases Bioremediation of pollutants such as bisphenol, diclofenac, and 17-a-ethinylestradiol in real samples from the AQUIRIS wastewater [31]
Aspergillus flavus FS4 and Aspergillus fumigates FS6 Extracellular enzymes Fungal consortium used for removal of chromium and cadmium [32]
Pycnoporus sanguineus Laccases Fugal laccase was immobilized on calcium and copper alginate/chitosan beads and used for the removal of 17 a-ethinylestradiol [33]
Thermomyces lanuginosus Chitinases Biocontrol agent against larvae of Eldana saccharina and fungi of Aspergillus sp., Mucor sp., and Fusarium verticillioides [34]
Decolorization Phanerochaete chrysosporium CDBB 686 Ligninolytic enzymes Decolorization of Congo red, Poly R-478, and Methyl green [35]
Geotrichum candidum Peroxidases and laccases Decolorization of methyl orange, Congo red, trypan blue, and Eriochrome black T [36]
Coprinopsis cinerea Laccases High indigo dye decolorization [37]
Trametes sp. SYBC-L4 Laccases Decolorization of Congo red, aniline blue, and indigo carmine [38]
Phanerochaete chrysosporium Manganese peroxidase Decolorization of AO7 or CV pigment [39]
Biomedical Antimicrobial 32 different isolated fungi identified by morphological characteristics and internal transcribed spacer sequence analysis Amylases, proteases, pectinases, xylanases, cellulases, chitinases, and lipases Antimicrobial activity against pathogenic organisms by agar diffusion assays [40]
Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus flavipes Proteases Production of bioactive peptides from bovine and goat milk and the generated peptides tested against bacteria and fungi [41]
Trichoderma harzianum Chitinases Degradation of chitosan to form chitosan-oligosaccharides and used as antimicrobial against pathogenic organisms [42]
Anticancer Trichoderma viride AUMC 13021 Chitinases Antitumor efficiency of chitinase against different types of cancer cell line [43]
Trichoderma harzianum Chitinases Chitosan-oligosaccharides used as anticancer compounds, which inhibited the growth of cervical cancer cells at concentration of 4 mg/mL and significantly reduced the survival rate of the cells [42]
Aspergillus terreus l-asparaginases The synthesized zinc oxide conjugated l-asparaginase nanobiocomposite on MCF-7 cell line using MTT assay [44]
Antioxidant Aspergillus flavus Catalases Antioxidant system plays a crucial role in fungal development, aflatoxins biosynthesis, and virulence [45]
Pleurotus columbinus, P. foridanus, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Paecilomyces variotii Peroxidases and catalases Production of enzymatic antioxidant from peels of banana, pomegranate, and orange [46]
Chytridiomycetes sp. Ligninases During biodegradation of lignin, the fungi synthesize bioactive compounds such as mycophenolic acid, dicerandrol C, phenyl acetates, anthrax quinones, benzo furans, and alkenyl phenols that have antioxidant activities [47,48]