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P6110

Sigma-Aldrich

Protease from Aspergillus oryzae

≥500 U/g

Synonym(s):

Flavourzyme®

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EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54

form

liquid

specific activity

≥500 U/g

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

Proteases belong to the group of hydrolases and exist as acid, neutral, and alkaline proteases.
Fungal protease/peptidase complex produced by submerged fermentation of a selected strain of Aspergillus oryzae and contains both endoprotease and exopeptidase activities.

Application

Protease from Aspergillus oryzae has been used:
  • to study the effect of protease inhibitors from Moringa oleifera
  • to evaluate its hydrolyzing effect on the anatomical structure and chemical composition of archaeological wood samples
  • to perform protease digestion to process mucosa samples obtained from the colon of pigs

Protease is used to degrade proteins, to study protease inhibitors and to study thermal inactivation kinetics. Protease is used in nucleic acid isolation procedures in incubations. It has been injected into flies with a nanoject apparatus for infection and survival experiments.
The enzyme from Sigma has been used in the semi-purification of mouse colorectal mucins during protein digestion.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Proteases catabolize proteins by hydrolysis of peptide bonds. They have many applications such as in detergents, bioremediation processes, pharmaceutical industry, and food industries. Proteases are associated with nitrogen mineralization in the soil. They also serve as a supplement in swine and poultry diets.

Unit Definition

One unit is the amount of enzyme which hydrolyzes 1 mmol of L-Ieucine-p-nitroanilide per minute.

Legal Information

A product of Novozyme Corp.
Flavourzyme is a registered trademark of Novozymes Corp.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Sunantha Ketnawa et al.
Chemistry Central journal, 7(1), 79-79 (2013-05-02)
Too many different protein and enzyme purification techniques have been reported, especially, chromatographic techniques. Apart from low recovery, these multi-step methods are complicated, time consuming, high operating cost. So, alternative beneficially methods are still required. Since, the outstanding advantages of
Hydrolases of Halophilic Origin With Importance for the Food Industry
Enzymes in Food Biotechnology, 93-109 (2019)
Jelena Patrnogic et al.
PloS one, 12(12), e0188339-e0188339 (2017-12-07)
In Drosophila, recognition of pathogens such as Gram-positive bacteria and fungi triggers the activation of proteolytic cascades and the subsequent activation of the Toll pathway. This response can be achieved by either detection of pathogen associated molecular patterns or by
Refined methodology to purify mucins from pig colonic mucosa
Libao-Mercado AJ and De Lange CFM
Livestock Science, 109(1-3), 141-144 (2007)
Exploiting microbial enzymes for augmenting crop production
Enzymes in Food Biotechnology, 503-519 (2019)

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