微生物果胶酶研究及其在果蔬加工中的应用进展

果胶酶是指分解果胶物质的多种酶的总称。果胶酶分布很广,可来源于动物、植物和微生物。果胶酶在工业生产领域中是一种重要的新兴酶类,在果蔬加工、饲料、纺织和造纸工业中应用非常广泛。本文介绍了果胶酶的微生物来源、分类及其在果蔬加工中的应用进展。     

产酸性果胶酶的研究应用及展望

果胶酶是分解果胶的酶,是复合酶。果胶酶分布广泛,植物、微生物、原生动物以及昆虫中都有存在。细菌、放线菌、酵母和霉菌都是工业生产领域中合成果胶酶的主要产生菌,本文综述了产酸性果胶酶的研究现状。     

果胶酶生产及工业应用进展

果胶酶是水解酶家族成员,也是生物技术领域的重要酶,其在全球工业酶市场中所占份额约为25%。果胶酶在工业生产中应用广泛,如植物纤维的脱胶、茶和咖啡的发酵、废水处理、纸浆漂白和动物饲料生产等。在果胶酶的天然来源中,由于微生物具有独特的理化性质,最常被用以生产果胶酶。然而,与许多其他工业酶一样,果胶酶也存在野生菌株产量低、工业生产率低等制约因素,因此,目前果胶酶的研究重点主要集中在如何提高工业规模的生产水平。主要介绍了果胶酶的天然来源,以及在这些来源的基础上通过基因工程改造以获得果胶酶高效表达的最新策略,并概括总结了果胶酶发酵工艺和工业应用,以期为生产具有高活性的果胶酶,提高工业生产的效益奠定理论基础。     

果胶酶在麻类脱胶中的应用及其作用机理

脱胶是麻类产业链中的难题。生物脱胶则是解决麻类加工技术难题的发展方向。果胶酶在生物脱胶中的应用一直是研究的重点。本文通过分析国内外有关果胶酶和产酶微生物在选育、发酵、酶学性质、基因工程与脱胶工艺等方面的研究进展,阐明了果胶酶在麻类脱胶中的作用机理。果胶酶是麻类生物脱胶不能缺少的关键酶之一,但不能独立完成麻类脱胶;根据麻类纤维原料特性,采用基因操作等技术构建复合酶高产菌株是未来的重点研究方向。     

微生物过氧化氢酶的发酵生产及其在纺织工业的应用

微生物过氧化氢酶是一种重要的工业酶制剂,可以催化分解过氧化氢生成水和氧气。这一酶制剂在食品、纺织、医药等领域表现出广泛的应用潜力。生物工程和基因工程技术的进步推动了微生物过氧化氢酶的发酵生产。以下综述了微生物过氧化氢酶发酵生产的进展及其在纺织工业中的应用,同时讨论了微生物过氧化氢酶的发酵生产和纺织工业应用的未来趋势。     

微生物果胶酶的研究进展

该文综述了近年来微生物果胶酶的产生菌种及菌种选育的研究,论述了果胶酶的分类、作用机制及酶活测定方法,并对微生物果胶酶的酶学性质、分子生物学研究及应用等方面进行了概述。     

大曲中产果胶酶微生物的分离鉴定及其产酶活力评价

为深入研究大曲中微生物的组成及其产果胶酶特性,本研究对泸州老窖酿酒大曲中微生物进行分离鉴定,得到细菌15株(其中包括6株高温菌株),真菌5株(其中包括3株高温菌株)。以桔皮粉为唯一碳源发酵诱导菌株产果胶酶并采用3,5-二硝基水杨酸法(DNS)测定酶活,筛选出了两株酶活力最高的菌株,分别为细菌Q-B2和真菌Q-F5。利用16S r DNA以及ITS鉴定高产果胶酶菌株种属,证明与Q-B2及Q-F5最相近种属分别为鹑鸡肠球菌(Enterococcus gallinarum)和嗜热子囊菌(Thermoascus aurantiacus)。本研究为加深对大曲中微生物的组成认识提供理论依据。进一步探索本实验中分离所得微生物产果胶酶的性质,对P-Q-B2 (Q-B2所产果胶酶)的酶学性质进行测定,结果显示,P-Q-B2的最适pH为3,最适温度为50℃,在pH为3以及5～11的区间内,剩余酶活力都在40%以上;该酶在30～50℃具有良好的热稳定性,证明其在实际生产中具有良好的应用潜力。     

微生物原果胶酶的研究进展

综述了微生物原果胶酶的作用机理,酶学性质,分子生物学基础,并对微生物原果胶酶的应用作了介绍。     

细菌果胶酶的研究进展

近些年来,国内外对细菌果胶酶的研究取得了很大的进展,产果胶酶的新细菌菌种不断地被发现,细菌果胶酶新的应用领域不断地被拓宽。细菌所产的果胶酶多为碱性,具有较好的热稳定性和较宽的酸碱作用范围,被广泛应用于麻类的生物脱胶、茶与咖啡发酵、造纸和果胶废水处理等领域中。细菌果胶酶工业生产具有投资少、成本低、无环境污染等优点。简要概述产生果胶酶的细菌种类、细菌果胶酶的分类、已克隆的酶基因以及应用等内容。     

碱性果胶酶的生物制造及其在纺织工业清洁生产中的应用研究进展

以下综述了碱性果胶酶的生物制造及其在纺织工业清洁生产中的应用研究进展。微生物发酵法是目前生产碱性果胶酶的主要方式,枯草芽孢杆菌是碱性果胶酶工业发酵生产中效果较好的野生菌株。影响发酵法生产碱性果胶酶的主要因素有:底物浓度及其流加方式、细胞浓度、搅拌转速、通气速率、pH、温度等。构建基因工程菌为碱性果胶酶的发酵生产开辟了一条有效途径,其中重组毕赤酵母的产酶水平最高,在10吨发酵罐上酶活达1305U/mL。碱性果胶酶可用于棉织物前处理的精练工艺,与传统高温碱煮相比,具有保护纤维、提高精练效率、降低能耗和污染的优势。通过分子定向进化技术对碱性果胶酶进行分子改造,使其催化特性更加适合于纺织精练工艺,进而实现纺织工业的清洁生产是未来的研究重点和热点。     

Applications of pectinases in the commercial sector: a review

Pectinases are one of the upcoming enzymes of fruit and textile industries. These enzymes break down complex polysaccharides of plant tissues into simpler molecules like galacturonic acids. The role of acidic pectinases in bringing down the cloudiness and bitterness of fruit juices is well established. Recently, there has been a good number of reports on the application of alkaline pectinases in the textile industry for the retting and degumming of fiber crops, production of good quality paper, fermentation of coffee and tea, oil extractions and treatment of pectic waste water. This review discusses various types of pectinases and their applications in the commercial sector.     

Cassava fibrous waste residue: A substitute to wheat bran in solid state fermentation

Summary The cassava fibrous waste residue, after enrichment with urea, gave similar yields of fungal pectinases when used as a substitute to wheat bran in solid state fermentation. Comparatively, it is much less expensive and can be used in existing solid state fermentation plants without any modification.     

Validation of leaf and microbial pectinases: commercial launching of a new platform technology

Almost all current genetically modified plant commercial products are derived from seeds. The first protein product made in leaves for commercial use is reported here. Leaf pectinases are validated here with eight liquid commercial microbial enzyme products for textile or juice industry applications. Leaf pectinases are functional in broad pH/temperature ranges as crude leaf extracts, while most commercial enzyme products showed significant loss at alkaline pH or higher temperature, essential for various textile applications. In contrast to commercial liquid enzymes requiring cold storage/transportation, leaf pectinase powder was stored up to 16 months at ambient temperature without loss of enzyme activity. Commercial pectinase products showed much higher enzyme protein PAGE than crude leaf extracts with comparable enzyme activity without protease inhibitors. Natural cotton fibre does not absorb water due to hydrophobic nature of waxes and pectins. After bioscouring with pectinase, measurement of contact‐angle water droplet absorption by the FAMAS videos showed 33 or 63 (leaf pectinase), 61 or 64 (commercial pectinase) milliseconds , well below the 10‐second industry requirements. First marker‐free lettuce plants expressing pectinases were also created by removal of the antibiotic resistance aadA gene. Leaf pectinase powder efficiently clarified orange juice pulp similar to several microbial enzyme products. Commercial pilot scale biomass production of tobacco leaves expressing different pectinases showed that hydroponic growth at Fraunhofer yielded 10 times lower leaf biomass per plant than soil‐grown plants in the greenhouse. Pectinase enzyme yield from the greenhouse plants was double that of Fraunhofer. Thus, this leaf‐production platform offers a novel, low‐cost approach for enzyme production by elimination of fermentation, purification, concentration, formulation and cold chain.     

Production and extraction of pectinases obtained by solid state fermentation of agroindustrial residues with Aspergillus niger

In this work soy and wheat bran were employed as raw materials for the production of pectinases by Aspergillus niger through solid-state fermentation. Several fermentation and recovery parameters were studied. The kinetics of enzyme synthesis was investigated in the range from 13 to 96 h with moisture contents varying from 25% to 70% (w/w). A medium moisture content of 40% and a fermentation time of 22 h were selected, as these conditions resulted in high pectolytic activity and enhanced polygalacturonase productivity. In order to optimise the recovery step, the best combination of temperature of extraction, contact time and solvent type was investigated. Acetate buffer (pH 4.4), 35°C and 30 min provided the best recovery. The present results show that optimising the extraction conditions is a simple way of obtaining more concentrated enzyme extracts and could be a useful instrument to extract more selectively a desired biomolecule from fermented solids.     

Recent advancements in the production and application of microbial pectinases: an overview

The wide utility and catalytic efficiency of microbial pectinase in various industries has greatly increased its global demand. Among the natural sources of pectinases, microbial pectinases are used frequently for its ease of production and unique physicochemical properties. Yet similar to other industrial enzymes, pectinases also face the constraint of thermo-tolerance and low yield in its economised production. The current review addresses the various strategies adopted to meet the high yield and thermo-tolerance of pectinases as well as the various attempts made in the field of pectinases to its improved production and better catalytic efficiency. The utilisation of natural as well as recombinant microbial sources, metagenomic approaches, metabolic engineering, site directed mutagenesis and media engineering techniques adopted in the field of pectinases have been discussed. The significance of pectinases in various industries is depicted by enlisting its applications. To the best our knowledge the current review is unique being the first attempt to compile the recent advancements in the field of pectinases.     

Production of pectinase from deseeded sunflower head by Aspergillus niger in submerged and solid-state conditions

Studies were carried out on the production of pectinases using deseeded sunflower head by Aspergillus niger DMF 27 and DMF 45 in submerged fermentation (SmF) and solid-state fermentation (SSF). Higher titres of endo- and exo-pectinases were observed when medium was supplemented with carbon (4% glucose for SmF and 6% sucrose for SSF) and nitrogen (ammonium sulphate, 0.3% for both SmF and SSF) sources. Green gram husk proved to be relatively a better supplement to attain higher yield of endo-pectinase (11.7 U/g) and exo-pectinase (30.0 U/g) in solid-state conditions. Maximum production of endo-pectinase (19.8 U/g) and exo-pectinase (45.9 U/g) by DMF 45 were recorded in SSF when compared to endo-pectinase (18.9 U/ml) and exo-pectinase (30.3 U/ml) by DMF 27 in SmF under optimum process conditions.     

The behavior of kinetic parameters in production of pectinase and xylanase by solid-state fermentation

Solid-state fermentation (SSF) is defined as the growth of microbes without a free-flowing aqueous phase. The feasibility of using a citrus peel for producing pectinase and xylanase via the SSF process by Aspergillus niger F3 was evaluated in a 2 kg bioreactor. Different aeration conditions were tested to optimize the pectinase and xylanase production. The best air flow intensity was 1 V kg M (volumetric air flow per kilogram of medium), which allowed a sufficient amount of O2 for the microorganism growth producing 265 U/g and 65 U/g pectinases and xylanases, respectively. A mathematical model was applied to determine the different kinetic parameters related to SSF. The specific growth rate and biomass oxygen yield decreased during fermentation, whereas an increase in the maintenance coefficient for the different employed carbon sources was concurrently observed.     

Pectinolytic activity secreted by yeasts isolated from fermented citrus molasses

AIMS: The aim of this study was to obtain improved strains of pectinolytic yeasts adapted to the conditions of an industrial fermentation process, which was continuously operated to convert citrus molasses into ethanol. METHODS AND RESULTS: The starter yeast of the industrial fermentation process was a commercial baker's yeast, which was capable of growing without forming any secretion halo of pectinase activity on solid medium. Nevertheless, isolates showing secretion of pectinolytic activity on plates were obtained from the fermentation process. The secretion of pectin-degrading activity by isolates on plates was repressed by galactose and improved as the result of colony aging on polygalacturonic acid plates at 30 degrees C. Liquefaction of polygalacturonate gels as well as the splitting of the pectin-degrading activity into a wall-linked and a supernatant fraction were also observed when the starter yeast was propagated under agitation in liquid medium containing pectin. CONCLUSIONS: Isolates capable of secreting pectinolytic activity on plates were predominant at the end of the citrus molasses fermentation. Nevertheless, the sizes of the secretion haloes on plates were not necessarily an indication of the levels of pectinolytic activity secreted in the liquid medium. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Improved pectinolytic strains of Saccharomyces can be used as a source of pectinases for a variety of applications. This organism also participates in plant deterioration processes.     

Production and properties of three pectinolytic activities produced byAspergillus niger in submerged and solid-state fermentation

Three extracellular pectinases were produced byAspergillus niger CH4 by submerged and solid-state fermentation, and their physicochemical and kinetic properties were studied. The highest productivities of endo- and exo-pectinase and pectin lyase were obtained with solid-state fermentation. The kinetic and physicochemical properties of these enzymes were influenced by the type of culture method used. All activities were very different in terms of pH and temperature optima, stability at different pH and temperature values and affinity for the substrate (K _m values). In solid-state fermentation, all pectinase activities were more stable at extreme pH and temperature values but theK _m values of endo-pectinase and pectin lyase were higher with respect to those activities obtained by the submerged-culture technique. The pectin lyase activity obtained by the submerged-culture technique showed substrate inhibition but the enzyme obtained by solid-state fermentation did not. Electrophoresis, using sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gel with enzymatic extracts obtained for both culture methods, showed the same number on protein bands but some differences were found in their electrophoretic position. The results obtained in this work suggest that the culture method (submerged or solid-state) may be responsible for inducing changes in some of the pectinolytic enzymes produced byA. niger.