From nature to food: bio-inspired multi-enzyme engineering for enhanced food processing

Abstract

The food industry has been undergoing a transformation in recent years, with a significant emphasis on sustainable, efficient, and health-promoting solutions. One promising avenue is bioinspired multienzyme engineering, which draws upon nature’s highly efficient biochemical processes to design complex enzyme systems for various applications. This approach harnesses the advantages of enzyme cascades, multi-enzyme interactions, and synergistic effects to enhance food processing, improve product quality, and address challenges such as waste reduction, allergenicity, and shelf-life extension.This succinct review provides an overview of the recent advances in bioinspired multienzyme engineering with specific relevance to the food industry, highlighting its applications, innovations, and potential.