ARYLSALFATASE ACTIVITY IN MARINE POLYCHAETES
ARYLSALFATASE ACTIVITY IN MARINE POLYCHAETES
Date
1984
Authors
DHEVENDARAN, K
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India) Cochin
Abstract
Marine polychaetes, collected from the Vellar Estuary exhibited arylsulfatase activity.
Lumbriconeries sp. Polydora sp. M onojis sp. and H eteromastus sp. were selected
for this study. Of these, Heteromastus sp. showed maximum enzymatic activity and it
has been chosen for the enzyme kinetic studies such as pH, optimal temperature, period
of incubation and the effect of DDT. Enzyme activity showed single peak at pH 6.2
possibly indicating the presence of one type of arylsulfatase. Maxim.'Jm activity was
attained after 12 h of incubation at 29°C. DDT has an inhibiting effect on the arylsulfatase
activity even at the concentration of 10 p.p.m. and the activity was completely
lost at 100 p.p.m.
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Keywords
ARYLSALFATASE ACTIVITY,MARINE POLYCHAETES
Citation
Fishery Tech 21(1):57-61