Immobilization and applications of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase: a review.

Immobilized enzymes have been used extensively in the fields of food industry, materials processing, textiles, detergents, biochemical and chemical industries, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals. Studies on immobilization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase have been less extensive than those for other industrially applicable enzymes. Immobilization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase has been carried out for the formation of biosensors for the estimation of glucose, ATP, phosphate, and so on. The present review deals with the attempts made for immobilization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and its applications for various purposes.