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Amylase is the enzyme which breaks down down starch into glucose molecules and commonly called as glycoside hydrolase enzymes. Variety of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes are known to produce amylases outside of their cells to carry out extra-cellular digestion of starch to break starch into the soluble end products such as glucose or maltose and then they are absorbed into their cells. These enzymes are used in the textile and paper industries, food, adhesive, and sugar production. In this study was done to produce ?-amylase from Bacillus subtilis SU-10, a soil isolate. The produced amylase was checked for their activity in the presence of heavy metals. All the metals were found to influence the enzyme activity.
Keywords: Amylase, heavy metals |
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