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Colagenases do pescado e suas aplicações industriais

2017; Editora MV Valero; Volume: 11; Issue: 03 Linguagem: Inglês

10.22256/pubvet.v11n3.243-255

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Tatiana Souza Porto, Vagne de Melo Oliveira, Márcia Nieves Carneiro da Cunha, Caio Rodrigo Dias Assis, Thiago Pajeú Nascimento, Polyanna Nunes Herculano, Maria Taciana Holanda Cavalcanti, Tatiana Souza Porto,

Academic Research in Diverse Fields

Collagenases are a group of enzymes capable of cleaving the triple-helix collagen, having no action on another type of protein. They are obtained from a wide range of sources, such as animal and plant tissue. A promising source at present is from neglected fish processing residues, such as internal viscera (intestine). This review aimed to quantify the scientific production related to fish collagenase, as well as to discuss the main biochemical characteristics and industrial applications of this protease, with emphasis on collagenases extracted from aquatic organisms. Thus, through analysis of Scopus, from 1963 to 2016, 274 citations were detected to the term "collagenase fish". The scientific production relevant to fish collagenase is intrinsically related to the industrial need for alternative sources of these collagenolytic proteases, due to their extensive industrial application, such as in the food, biomedical, therapeutic and textile segments.