title: Development of marine biotechnology as a resource for novel proteases and their role in modern biotechnology.
abstract: Marine environment consists of the largest sources diversified genetic pool of material with an enormous potential for a wide variety of enzymes including proteases. A protease hydrolyzes the peptide bond and most of proteases possess many industrial applications. Marine proteases differ considerably from those found in internal or external organs of invertebrates and vertebrates. In common with all enzymes, external factors such as temperature, pH and type of media are important for the activity, catalytic efficiency, stability and proper functioning of proteases. In this review valuable characteristics of proteases in marine organisms and their applications are gathered from a wide literature survey. Considering their biochemical significance and their increasing importance in biotechnology, a thorough understanding of marine proteases functioning could be of prime importance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran. Electronic address: a.homaei@hormozgan.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Homaei
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Science, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lavajoo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
authors.forename: Reyhaneh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sariri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059001:Aquatic Organisms / Q000201:enzymology*; D001709:Biotechnology; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000201:enzymology*; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014714:Vertebrates
chemical_list: D010447:Peptide Hydrolases
keywords: Biotechnology; Industrial applications; Marine organisms; Proteases