Agarase, composition containing the same, and application thereof

JH Lin, JP Wang, ZW Chen, HJ Lin, WZ Huang, JF Lai, SL Hsuan

The present invention provides a β-agarase, a composition containing the same and applications thereof. The present β-agarase provides the field a novel alternative and is favorable for the industrial utilities of the hydrolysis products of agarose. Furthermore, the hydrolysis product of agarose by the present β-agarase has high purity of neoagarotetraose therefore the present β-agarase is especially useful for the neoagarotetraose's utilities in the field.