Applications of Cellulases–Review

Sharada.R¹, Venkateswarlu.G²,Venkateswar.S³,AnandRao.M^4 
1Government Jr. College (G), Sangareddy, Dist. Medak, India
²Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, R.C. Puram, Hyderabad, India
³University College of Technology, O.U., Hyderabad, India
⁴University College of Sciences, O.U., Hyderabad, India

Abstract
Cellulases are important enzymes not only for their potential applications in different industries like industries of animal feed,  agricultural, laundry & detergent, textile, paper & pulp, wine & brewery, food processing, olive oil extraction. Carotenoid extraction, pharmaceutical & medical sciences, analytical applications, protoplast production, genetic engineering and pollution treatment, but also for the significant role in bio conversion of agriculture wastes into sugar and bio ethanol. This review paper simply assesses about: Enzymes, Cellulose, Cellulases & its types, Cellulase production and detailed study on Applications of cellulases.
Keywords: Enzymes, Cellulose, Cellulase.