| Budget Amount *help |
¥19,760,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,560,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥9,360,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,160,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Herbivorous marine gastropods like abalone and sea hare possess various polysaccharide-degrading enzymes which can degrade seaweeds' polysaccharides such as alginate, laminaran, mannan, xylane, and cellulose to oligo- and monosaccharides. These saccharides are considered to be metabolized via glycolytic pathway and TCA cycle. In the present study, we isolated several polysaccharide-degrading enzymes, e.g., alginate lyase, laminarinase and mannanase, from abalone and sea hare and investigated their biological roles in the metabolism of seaweeds' polysaccharides in gastropods.
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