NOVEL CATHEPSIN L-LIKE CYSTEINE PROTEASE ORIGINATING IN PINK SHRIMP

摘要

It is intended to search for and produce cathepsin L which retains a high activity under neutral to alkaline conditions in a low temperature region. A novel cathepsin L sustaining its activity in a low temperature region can be successfully found out in the hepatopancreas of pink shrimp (Pandalus eous) growing in Japan. Further, the gene sequence of this novel cathepsin L is determined, which makes it possible to produce it by a gene recombination method.