Biotechnological Aspects and Perspective of Microbial Keratinase Production

Keratinases are proteolytic enzymes predominantly active when keratin substrates are available that attack disulfide bridges in the keratin to convert them from complex to simplified forms. Keratinases are essential in preparation of animal nutrients, protein supplements, leather manufacture, text...

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Main Authors: Subash C. B., Gopinath, Periasamy, Anbu, Thangavel, Lakshmipriya, Tang, Thean Hock, Yeng, Chen, Uda, Hashim, A. Rahim, Ruslinda, M. K., Md. Arshad
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author Subash C. B., Gopinath
Periasamy, Anbu
Thangavel, Lakshmipriya
Tang, Thean Hock
Yeng, Chen
Uda, Hashim
A. Rahim, Ruslinda
M. K., Md. Arshad
author_facet Subash C. B., Gopinath
Periasamy, Anbu
Thangavel, Lakshmipriya
Tang, Thean Hock
Yeng, Chen
Uda, Hashim
A. Rahim, Ruslinda
M. K., Md. Arshad
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description Keratinases are proteolytic enzymes predominantly active when keratin substrates are available that attack disulfide bridges in the keratin to convert them from complex to simplified forms. Keratinases are essential in preparation of animal nutrients, protein supplements, leather manufacture, textile processing, detergent formulation, feather meal processing for feed and fertilizer, the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, and wastemanagement. Accordingly, it is necessary to develop a method for continuous production of keratinase fromreliable sources that can be easilymanaged.Microbial keratinase is less expensive than conventionally produced keratinase and can be obtained from fungi, bacteria, and actinomycetes. In this overview, the expansion of information about microbial keratinases and important considerations in keratinase production are discussed.
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spelling usm-384042018-01-17T04:05:20Z http://eprints.usm.my/38404/ Biotechnological Aspects and Perspective of Microbial Keratinase Production Subash C. B., Gopinath Periasamy, Anbu Thangavel, Lakshmipriya Tang, Thean Hock Yeng, Chen Uda, Hashim A. Rahim, Ruslinda M. K., Md. Arshad RK1-715 Dentistry Keratinases are proteolytic enzymes predominantly active when keratin substrates are available that attack disulfide bridges in the keratin to convert them from complex to simplified forms. Keratinases are essential in preparation of animal nutrients, protein supplements, leather manufacture, textile processing, detergent formulation, feather meal processing for feed and fertilizer, the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, and wastemanagement. Accordingly, it is necessary to develop a method for continuous production of keratinase fromreliable sources that can be easilymanaged.Microbial keratinase is less expensive than conventionally produced keratinase and can be obtained from fungi, bacteria, and actinomycetes. In this overview, the expansion of information about microbial keratinases and important considerations in keratinase production are discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38404/1/Biotechnological_Aspects_and_Perspective_of_Microbial_Keratinase_Production.pdf Subash C. B., Gopinath and Periasamy, Anbu and Thangavel, Lakshmipriya and Tang, Thean Hock and Yeng, Chen and Uda, Hashim and A. Rahim, Ruslinda and M. K., Md. Arshad (2015) Biotechnological Aspects and Perspective of Microbial Keratinase Production. BioMed Research International, 2015 (140726). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2314-6133 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/140726
spellingShingle RK1-715 Dentistry
Subash C. B., Gopinath
Periasamy, Anbu
Thangavel, Lakshmipriya
Tang, Thean Hock
Yeng, Chen
Uda, Hashim
A. Rahim, Ruslinda
M. K., Md. Arshad
Biotechnological Aspects and Perspective of Microbial Keratinase Production
title Biotechnological Aspects and Perspective of Microbial Keratinase Production
title_full Biotechnological Aspects and Perspective of Microbial Keratinase Production
title_fullStr Biotechnological Aspects and Perspective of Microbial Keratinase Production
title_full_unstemmed Biotechnological Aspects and Perspective of Microbial Keratinase Production
title_short Biotechnological Aspects and Perspective of Microbial Keratinase Production
title_sort biotechnological aspects and perspective of microbial keratinase production
topic RK1-715 Dentistry
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http://eprints.usm.my/38404/1/Biotechnological_Aspects_and_Perspective_of_Microbial_Keratinase_Production.pdf