Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea.
Mar Drugs. 2010 Jun 23;8(6):1920-34. doi: 10.3390/md8061920.
Over billions of years, the ocean has been regarded as the origin of life on Earth. The ocean includes the largest range of habitats, hosting the most life-forms. Competition amongst microorganisms for space and nutrients in the marine environment is a powerful selective force, which has led to evolution. The evolution prompted the marine microorganisms to generate multifarious enzyme systems to adapt to the complicated marine environments. Therefore, marine microbial enzymes can offer novel biocatalysts with extraordinary properties. This review deals with the research and development work investigating the occurrence and bioprocessing of marine microbial enzymes.
数十亿年来,海洋一直被视为地球上生命的起源。海洋拥有最大范围的栖息地,容纳了最多的生命形式。微生物在海洋环境中为空间和营养物质而竞争是一种强大的选择力量,这导致了进化。进化促使海洋微生物产生了多种多样的酶系统,以适应复杂的海洋环境。因此,海洋微生物酶可以提供具有特殊性质的新型生物催化剂。本综述涉及研究和开发调查海洋微生物酶的发生和生物加工的工作。