Review Article

L-Methionase: A Therapeutic Enzyme to Treat Malignancies

Table 1

Potential sources for L-methionine γ-lyase isolation.

SourceExamplesReference(s)

BacteriaBrevibacterium linens [11]
Clostridium sporogenes [12]
Citrobacter intermedius [13]
Citrobacter freundii [14]
Porphyromonas gingivalis [15]
Pseudomonas ovalis [16]
Pseudomonas putida [17, 18]
Treponema denticola [19]
Micrococcus luteus, Arthrobacter sp., Corynebacterium glutamicum and Staphylococcus equorum [20]

ProtozoaTrichomonas vaginalis [3]
Entamoeba histolytica [2123]

PlantArabidopsis thaliana [24]

ArchaeonFerroplasma acidarmanus [25]

FungusAspergillus sp. RS-1a [26]
Geotrichum candidum [27]
Aspergillus flavipes [28]
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
A. carneus
Penicillium notatum
Fusarium solani