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Purification and partial characterization of an acidic polygalacturonase from Aspergillus kawachii
Authors:Contreras Esquivel J C  Voget C E
Affiliation:Departamento de Investigación en Alimentos, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, P.O. Box 252-21P-25000, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
Abstract:
An endo-polygalacturonase, named PGI, was purified to homogeneity from the culture filtrate of Aspergillus kawachii IFO 4033 grown in a glucose-tryptone medium. The molecular mass of PGI was estimated to be 60 kDa by SDS-PAGE and 40 kDa by gel filtration on Sephacryl S-100. The isoelectric point was 3.55 as determined by isoelectic focusing. PGI exhibited binding properties to ConA-Sepharose suggesting that the protein is glycosylated. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was also determined as S-T-C-T-F-T-D-A-A-T-A-S-E-S-K. The remarkable property of PGI was its high activity in the pH range 2.0-3.0 towards soluble and insoluble substrates, while being inactive at pH 5.0. Enzyme stability at low pHs was markedly enhanced by different compounds, such as proteins, polysaccharides, simple sugars and the substrate pectin. PGI was very efficient to extract pectin from lemmon protopectin and to macerate carrot tissues at pH 2.0. These properties make PGI an interesting biocatalyst for industrial applications under highly acidic conditions.
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