FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 27-30.

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Purification and Characterization of Glucoamylase from Rhizopus oryzae

 PAN  Li-Jun, ZHANG  Zhi-Ying, JIANG  Shao-Tong, ZHENG  Zhi, LUO  Shui-Zhong, HU  Wei-Sheng   

  1. School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Key Laboratory for Biochemical Engineering of Agricultural Products of Ministry of Education, Hefei University of Technology
  • Online:2005-06-15 Published:2011-09-19

Abstract: Glucoamylase is a kind of extracellular enzyme of Rhizopus oryzae induced in amylum culture medium. Its expression has a great impact on the production efficiency of L-lactic acid and the length of L-lactic acid batch fermentation cycle by Rhizopus oryzae. Purification and characterization of glucoamylase from Rhizopus oryzae were carried out in this dissertation. The results indicated that ammonium sulphate fractional precipitation, dialysis and Sephadex G-100 gel filtration could purify the glucoamylase from the extract of Rhizopus oryzae and increase its specific activity by 23 times. The SDS-PAGE showed that the purified enzyme was a homogeneous protein with molecular weight around 75.5kD. The optimum reaction pH value and temperature was about 4.0~6.0 and 40~50℃, respectively. It was stable under 50℃. The glucoamylase was activated by Ca 2+ and Mn2+,but inhibited by Pb2+ and Fe2+.

Key words: Rhizopus oryzae, glucoamylase, purification, characterization