Agarase: Review of major sources, categories, purification method, enzyme characteristics and applications

Marine Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-218

  Fu, Xiao Ting ^a   Kim, Sang Moo ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agar; Agarase; GH 16 family; GH 50 family; Oligosaccharides

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AGARASE; AGAROSE; AMINO ACID; FRESH WATER; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATALYSIS; CLONING; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH FOOD; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOPLAST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SEAWEED; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 76149111967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md8010200     Document Type: Review

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