Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a porous crystalline material composed of metal nodes and organic linkers, where the physicochemical properties can be controlled through careful selection of the inorganic or organic precursors. Recently, MOFs has emerged as a novel type of crystalline porous material that combines highly desirable properties of zeolites, such as crystallinity, microporosity, high surface area, and exceptional thermal and chemical stability. Thus, MOFs show promise for a wide range of applications ranging from gas separation to biomedical science. Notably, imparting functionality to MOFs by incorporating nanoparticles, such as gold or platinum, as composites for catalysts has been viewed as a potential avenue to create fine-tuned catalytic platforms. Herein, we review the history of MOF development and MOF synthetic approaches as well as introduce its new applications in the enzyme immobilization. Therefore, MOFs materials not only have attractive prospects for the development of porous materials, but play a more important role in a wider range of fields in the future.