| Literature DB >> 18504630 |
Abraham Mathew1, Abi N Eldo, A G Molly.
Abstract
Penicillium strain isolated from citrus fruit was found to produce thermostable polygalacturonases. Optimization of process parameters resulted in high levels of enzyme production after 3 days of incubation at a pH of 5.0 at 30 degrees C in the presence of 1% pectin. The optimum temperature for enzyme activity was 60 degrees C and a pH of 5.5 was found to be the optimal pH. The enzyme showed a high level of thermostability in the presence of substrate with a residual activity of 48% after 2 h of incubation at 60 degrees C. A thermostable nature with a high pH range for activity makes it an industrially important enzyme.Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 2008 PMID: 18504630 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-008-0375-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol ISSN: 1367-5435 Impact factor: 3.346