Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7793217 | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Pectinase from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE IB-21 was immobilized in agar-agar matrix using entrapment technique. Effect of different concentrations of agar-agar on pectinase immobilization was investigated and it was found that maximum immobilization was achieved at 3.0% agar-agar with 80% enzyme activity. After immobilization, the optimum temperature of enzyme increased from 45 to 50 °C and reaction time from 5 to 10 minutes as compared to free enzyme. Due to the limited diffusion of high molecular weight substrate, Km of immobilized enzyme slightly increased from 1.017 to 1.055 mg mlâ1, while Vmax decreased from 23,800 to 19,392 μM minâ1 as compared to free enzyme. After 120 h entrapped pectinase retained their activity up to 82% and 71% at 30 °C and 40 °C, respectively. The entrapped pectinase showed activity until 10th cycle and maintain 69.21% activity even after third cycle.
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Authors
Haneef Ur Rehman, Afsheen Aman, Raheela Rahmat Zohra, Shah Ali Ul Qader,