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POLYSACCHARIDASE AND GLYCOSIDASE ACTIVITIES OF ANTARCTIC KRILL EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA 1
Author(s) -
CHEN CHINGSAN,
GAU SHWUWEN
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of food biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-4514
pISSN - 0145-8884
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4514.1981.tb00661.x
Subject(s) - euphausia , antarctic krill , cellulase , chitinase , krill , glycoside hydrolase , food science , chemistry , amylase , euphausiacea , fucosidase , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , fishery , fucose , glycoprotein
The crude extract of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba contained high activities of galactomannoglycanase, carboxymethyl cellulase, chitinase, amylase and relatively low activities of agarase, mannanase, kappa‐carrageenanase and pectinase. The extract also showed high activities of β‐D‐fucosidase, β‐D‐glucosidase, β‐D‐galactosidase and relatively low activities of α‐D‐glucosidase, α‐D‐mannosidase, α‐D‐galactosidase, α‐D‐fucosidase and β‐D‐galacturonidase. The sufficiently high activities of carboxymethyl cellulase, galactomanno‐glycanase, chitinase, β‐D‐fucosidase, β‐D‐glucosidase and β‐D‐galactosidase make krill a potential source for futher studies on the properties and utilization of these enzymes.