Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Serine Keratinase from Brevibacillus brevis US575 with Promising Keratin-Biodegradation and Hide-Dehairing Activities

Zaraî Jaouadi, Nadia; Rekik, Hatem; Badis, Abdelmalek; Trabelsi, Sahar; Belhoul, Mouna; Benkiar Yahiaoui, Amina; Ben Aicha, Houda; Toumi, Abdessatar; Béjar, Samír; Jaouadi, Bassem

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076722

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Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Serine Keratinase from Brevibacillus brevis US575 with Promising Keratin-Biodegradation and Hide-Dehairing Activities

Published in PLoS ONE • Oct 11, 2013

Authors:

Nadia Zaraî Jaouadi

Hatem Rekik

Abdelmalek Badis

Abstract

Dehairing is one of the highly polluting operations in the leather industry. The conventional lime-sulfide process used for dehairing produces large amounts of sulfide, which poses serious toxicity and disposal problems. This operation also involves hair destruction, a process that leads to increase...

Subject

Keratinase

PMSF

Chemistry

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