A NEWLY IDENTIFIED GLUTAMINASE-FREE L-ASPARAGINASE (L-ASPG86) FROM THE MARINE BACTERIUM Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens

摘要

L-Asparaginase (EC 3.5.1.1) is an enzyme involved in asparagine hydrolysis and has the potential to effect leukemic cells and various other cancer cells. We identified the L-asparaginase gene (L-ASPG86) in the genus Mesoflavibacter, which consists of a 1035-bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding 344 amino acids (aa).