Separation of endo-polygalacturonase using aqueous two-phase partitioning

One-step Concentration and Partial Purification of Aspergillus kawachii Non-acidic Polygalacturonases by Adsorption to Glass Fiber Microfilters

The non-acidic polygalacturonases produced by Aspergillus kawachii in a glucose/tryptone medium were adsorbed to a glass fiber microfilter that was used to clarify the fermentation broth. Maximum adsorption occurred at pH 3 under low ionic strength conditions. The adsorbed activity could be readily released with a buffer solution at pH 5. Based upon these observations, a separation process was developed which enabled the broth to be clarified and, at the same time, the non-acidic polygalacturonases to be concentrated 20-fold and purified 100-fold in a unique filtration step. The practical advantage of recovering polygalacturonases by a filtration process lies in the simplicity and efficiency of the operation involved.

One-step purification of α-amylase from the cultivation supernatant of recombinant Bacillus subtilis by high-speed counter-current chromatography with aqueous polymer two-phase systems

Purification of alpha-amylase from the cultivation supernatant of recombinant Bacillus subtilis by high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) in polyethylene glycol (PEG) 4000-inorganic salt aqueous polymer two-phase systems was studied. The effects of sodium chloride concentration on the partition coefficients of alpha-amylase and total protein were respectively tested in PEG4000-phosphate and PEG4000-citrate aqueous polymer two-phase systems to find the proper range of sodium chloride concentration for the HSCCC purification of alpha-amylase. Alpha-amylase was purified from the cultivation supernatant by HSCCC in PEG4000-phosphate system containing 2% (w/w) sodium chloride, yet with considerable loss of activity. PEG4000-citrate aqueous polymer two-phase system containing 2% (w/w) sodium chloride and supplemented with 0.56% (w/w) CaCl2 as protective agent was then successfully applied to purify alpha-amylase from cultivation supernatant by HSCCC to homogeneity and significantly increased the recovery of alpha-amylase activity from around 30 to 73.1%.

Pectinases partitioning in aqueous two-phase systems: An integration of the systems poly(ethylene glycol)crude dextran and poly(ethylene glycol)ammonium sulphate

The partitioning of pectinases in the poly(ethylene glucol)4000/ammonium sulpohate system was studied and also its application for enzymes extraction from the top phase of the poly(ethylene glucol)4000/crude dextran system. Almost complete one-sided partition of endo-pectinase and exo-pectinase to the bottom phase of the polymer/salt system was achieved at a tie-line length of 37.16 %. The concentration factors were 1.73 and 3.25, respectively. The highest total endo- and exo-pectinase yields (72.41 % and 69.46 % respectively) were obtained by integration of the polymer/polymer system at a tie-line of 8.61 % and a high phase volume ratio and the polymer/salt system at a tie-line of 30.23%and a low phase volume ratio. Integration of the partitioning at a high tie-line length in the polymer/polimer and a low tie-line length in the polymer/salt system resulted in a total concentration factor of 1.5 and a purification of 1.66 fold for exo-pectinase. The addition of phosphate to this integrated system improved the total concentration factor and purification fold of the activity to 1.73 and 2.14, respectively.