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Two-phase partitioning and partial characterization of a collagenase from Penicillium aurantiogriseum URM4622: Application to collagen hydrolysis

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 75; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.bej.2013.03.012

1873-295X

Carolina A. Lima, Augusto C.V. Freitas Júnior, José Luiz Lima Filho, Attílio Converti, Daniela de Araújo Viana Marques, Maria G. Carneiro‐da‐Cunha, Ana Lúcia Figueiredo Porto,

Enzyme Production and Characterization

Aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) of PEG/phosphate were used to recover collagenase from Penicillium aurantiogriseum from fermented broth. Experiments were carried out according to a 24-full factorial design using the PEG molar mass (MPEG), PEG concentration (CPEG), phosphate concentration (CPHOS) and pH as the independent variables, and the purification factor (PF), partition coefficient (K) and activity yield (Y) as the responses. All the responses increased in the top phase with increasing CPEG and CPHOS and decreasing MPEG, but the maximum value of PF (5.23) was obtained at the lowest pH (6.0), that of Y (61.68%) and K (1.52) at the highest one (8.0). The electrophoretic profile revealed that some protein contaminants were removed by the ATPS, and the extracted collagenase exhibited optimum activity at pH 8.0 and 45 °C. The proposed ATPS appears to be a promising alternative to conventional first-step operations for direct recovery of collagenase from fermented broths, yielding a concentrate enzyme solution able to effectively hydrolyze collagen.