FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (11): 23-26.

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Preliminary Study on the Properties of Lactate Dehydrogenasefrom Rhizopus oryzae

 PAN  Li-Jun, YU  Bin, ZHENG  Zhi, JIANG  Shao-Tong   

  1. School of Biotechnology & Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology
  • Online:2003-11-15 Published:2011-12-13

Abstract: Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) is a key enzyme which catalyzes the formation of lactic acid from pyruvic acid duringthe fermentation with Rhizopus oryzae. In this study, the crude LDH extract were obtained from mycelium of Rhizopus oryzaeAs3.819 and its properties were studied. The results show that LDH extract has optimum reaction pH of 7.4 and optimum catalysistemperature of 30~50℃. Mg2+ and Ca2+ increase the activity of LDH, but K+ and Zn2+ reduce its activity. The Km constants basedon the substrates of NADH and pyruvate are 7.22×10-4mol/L and 1.24×10-3mol/L respectively.

Key words: Rhizopus oryzae, Lactate Dehydrogenase, Properties