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Mannanases: microbial sources, production, properties and potential biotechnological applications

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Mannans are the major constituents of the hemicellulose fraction in softwoods and show widespread distribution in plant tissues. The major mannan-degrading enzymes are β-mannanases, β-mannosidases and β-glucosidases. In addition to these, other enzymes such as α-galactosidases and acetyl mannan esterases, are required to remove the side chain substituents. The mannanases are known to be produced by a variety of bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, plants and animals. Microbial mannanases are mainly extracellular and can act in wide range of pH and temperature because of which they have found applications in pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, food, feed, oil and textile industries. This review summarizes the studies on mannanases reported in recent years in terms of important microbial sources, production conditions, enzyme properties, heterologous expression and potential industrial applications.

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This work was supported by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi (grant number BT/PR11 384/GBD/27/157/2008).

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    Prakram Singh Chauhan, Prince Sharma & Naveen Gupta

  2. Department of Microbiology, Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamunanagar, India

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Chauhan, P.S., Puri, N., Sharma, P. et al. Mannanases: microbial sources, production, properties and potential biotechnological applications. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 93, 1817–1830 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-012-3887-5

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