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S. V. Shvetsova, A. A. Kulminskaya
Microbial
sulfatases
Abstract
The ability of all organisms to cleave off or modify sulfated compounds
is due to the presence of sulfatases. Sulfatases (EC 3.1.6.) cleave off sulfate
groups from molecules of different chemical nature acting according to
different mechanisms and represent a very heterogeneous group of enzymes. Human
sulfatases are the most well-studied sulfatases due to their important role in
some physiological processes. However, microbial sulfatases have been studied
poorly at the biochemical level and their potential remains “in the shade”. In
this review we summarize current research of sulfatases from bacteria and lower
eukaryotic organisms, their relationship to the modern classification and the
potential of these enzymes in industry.
Key words: sulfated compounds, p-nitrophenyl sulfate,
arylsulfatase, sulfatase, α-formylglycine,
mycelial fungus, functional role, application.
Copyright (C) Chemistry Dept., Moscow State University, 2002
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