%A B.R. Mohapatra %A M Bapuji %A U C Banerjee %O Copyright of this article belongs to Cambridge, Eng., Faculty Press. %J Cytobios %T Production and properties of L-asparaginase from Mucor species associated with a marine sponge (Spirastrella sp.). %X The fungus Mucor sp. isolated from the marine sponge Spirastrella sp. produced extracellular L-asparaginase. The maximum L-asparaginase activity was found at 50 degrees C. The activation and deactivation energies of the partially purified enzyme were 9.58 and 21.69 kcal mol-1, respectively. The enzyme activity was not affected by the addition of 4% (w/v) NaCl and different metal ions (Co+2, Fe+2, Mg+2, Ni+2, and Zn+2) at 25 mmol l-1 but was strongly inhibited by EDTA. %N 370-37 %P 165-73 %V 92 %D 1997 %I Cambridge, Eng., Faculty Press. %L open786