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Abstract:
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Lipids constitute a significant portion of the
biomass of earth and lipolytic enzymes play a very important
role in lipid turn over. Apart from their biological
significance, lipolytic enzymes are also very important
in the fields of nutrition, food technology, medicine
and preparative and analytical lipid biochemistry.
Recent developments in the study of proteins and
enzymes have largely benefited the study of lipolytic
enzymes, that some of these enzymes were isolated in pure
form. Even today there is a continuous search for new and
potent sources of these lipolytic enzymes. The zest for
elucidating the structure and mechanism of action of the
enzymes obtained in pure form for biochemist still remains
unabated. The literature shows no record of such an
effort for the study of lipases from marine sources. The
fact that many fishes like oil sardine, mackerel, cat fish,
seer etc. contains large amounts of lipid shows the possibility
of the existence of lipases in significant amounts
necessitating their exhaustive study. Such a study will,
not only provide alternate sources for lipase but also will
provide methods to curb lipolysis and the resultant rancidity
and off flavor development in fish and fishery
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