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- Title
Adsorption of extracellular proteases in seawater onto filters during size fractionation.
- Authors
Satoru Suzuki
- Abstract
Abstract In aquatic environments extracellular enzymes are bound to microbial cells or exist in a free and adsorbed state. Various filters have been used to fractionate these enzymatic activities, but enzymes may be readily adsorbed onto some materials, and such adsorption can induce errors in the estimation of enzymatic activity. In this study we examined three filters to determine the most suitable filter for fractionation when estimating proteolytic enzyme activity in seawater. We found that the polycarbonate Nuclepore membrane, widely used for size fractionation because of its pore-size accuracy, was the most favorable for this purpose, even though it adsorbed slightly more enzymes than the low-protein-binding polyethersulfone membrane. We also found that trypsin-and chymotrypsin-type enzymes were more easily adsorbed than aminopeptidases.
- Subjects
ENZYMES; ENZYMOLOGY; DIGESTIVE enzymes; HYDROLASES
- Publication
Journal of Oceanography, 2008, Vol 64, Issue 3, p367
- ISSN
0916-8370
- Publication type
Article