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ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION OF DIGESTIVE PROTEASES FROM NEMIPTERUS VIRGATUS AND THEIR RESPONSES TO pH VALUE AND TEMPERATURE
Author(s) -
TAO HONG,
ZHAO MOUMING,
WANG JINSHUI,
YANG BAO,
CUI CHUN,
ZHAO QIANGZHONG,
WU HUI
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of food process engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1745-4530
pISSN - 0145-8876
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4530.2007.00141.x
Subject(s) - proteases , protease , midgut , digestive tract , foregut , chemistry , biochemistry , hepatopancreas , biology , food science , enzyme , larva , anatomy , medicine , botany
In the present study, three groups (I–III) of Nemipterus virgatus, with average body weights of 154.36, 250.72 and 329.09 g, respectively, were used to investigate the changes in the activity and distribution of digestive proteases in different organs and sections of the digestive tract. Another group of N. virgatus (average body weight of 188.41 g) was used to analyze the changes in the activity of digestive proteases in response to various pH values and temperatures. The activity of digestive proteases in all analyzed organs increased with the increase of body weight at the range of 154.36–329.09 g. The activities of digestive proteases in the different sections of the digestive tract were compared, and a similar change was found among groups I–III. The activities of digestive proteases from various organs were in a descending order: pylorus ceca > stomach > foregut > midgut >  hindgut >  hepatopancreas. Through observing the zymograms of substrate–sodium dodecil sulphate‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, many kinds of digestive proteases could be found in different organs and the varieties were changed with the change of body weight. Two peaks in the diagram between protease activity and pH value were found at pH 3.0 and 10.0, respectively. The activity under alkaline condition was 60% higher than that under acidic condition. The optimal temperature for protease activity was 50C, while the protease activity at 10C was only 30% of that at 50C.PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Nemipterus virgatus is one of the most important commercial fishes in the East China Sea and South China Sea. The digestive tract of N. virgatus is rich in digestive proteases and they can be employed as important biotechnological tools. The activities of digestive proteases from various organs and the effects of pH value and temperature on them were investigated in this study. The effect of body weight of N. virgatus was also evaluated. All these information would be helpful to extensively utilize this resource for the fish process industry.

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