(1) Department of Biotechnology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, 641 006, Tamil Nadu, India;(2) Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract:
Summary Few studies on screening of the enzyme phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) have been reported. Here we
present a simple potato-based medium to elaborate large quantities of extracellular PI-PLC from Bacillus thuringiensis serovar. kurstaki. The enzyme activity (1.75 U/ml) was found to be maximum in the potato-extract medium supplemented with sucrose and mineral
salts with a specific activity of 3.88 U/mg protein.