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There are many advantages of enzymes such as substrate specificity , mild reaction conditions. However, there are also disadvantages such as high cost and instability of enzymes which give limitation for commercial applications.
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Yoo, Y.J., Feng, Y., Kim, Y.H., Yagonia, C.F.J. (2017). Thermodynamics and Stability. In: Fundamentals of Enzyme Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1026-6_11
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