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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/33042| Title: | L-Asparaginase |
| Author: | Tavares, Ana Paula Nunes, João C. F. Cristóvão, Raquel Freire, Mara Santos-Ebinuma, Valéria Faria, Joaquim Luís Silva, Cláudia |
| Keywords: | L-Asparaginase Confinement strategies Nanomaterials Therapeutic agents Acrylamide mitigation Biosensors |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Abstract: | L-Asparaginase (ASNase, EC 3.5.1.1) is a tetrameric aminohydrolase enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of the amino acid L-Asparagine into ammonia and L-aspartic acid. ASNase is present in different organisms such as bacteria, fungi, plant tissues and algae. ASNase is used in the pharmaceutical field as an anticancer drug for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and other malignant diseases such as Hodgkin’s disease. In the food sector, ASNase is used to prevent the formation of acrylamide, a toxic compound formed when starch-rich foods are cooked at temperatures above 100 °C. ASNase can also be used as a biosensor for the detection of L-asparagine levels. |
| Peer review: | yes |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/33042 |
| Publisher Version: | https://encyclopedia.pub/7940 |
| Appears in Collections: | CICECO - Artigos |
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