FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (17): 235-238.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-200917054

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Isolation and Purification of Fraction with Chitosanase Activity from A Commercial Papain Preparation

CHEN Ji-wang1,TAN Jing1,XIA Wen-shui1,2   

  1. 1. College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China;
    2. School of Food Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
  • Received:2009-02-16 Revised:2009-06-08 Online:2009-09-01 Published:2014-04-14
  • Contact: CHEN Ji-wang1, E-mail:jiwangchen@yahoo.com.cn

Abstract:

The fraction with chitosanase activity in a commercial papain preparation was prepared by ultra-filtration separation followed by purification by preparation electrophoresis and its amino acid sequence was analyzed. After ultra-filtration separation with a 100000 MWCO membrane, the protease and chitosanase activities of the papain preparation both increased by 1.22 times, from 435.10 to 531.39 U/mg and from 2.17 to 2.65 U/mg, respectively. Five obvious bands were showed on the preparation electrophoresis pattern of retentates and the brand 2 with a molecular weight between 25 and 35 kD had high chitosanase activity and its homogeneity was demonstrated by SDS-PAGE and HPLC, indicating that there was the enzyme fraction with chitosanase activity in the papain preparation. The amino acid sequence of the enzyme fraction was determined by HPLC-MS/MS as follows: MRITISGSPG SGTTTLGRSI AEKYSYRYVS AGEVFRGLAK ERNMDLAAFG KIAETDPAIDLEIADARQKEI GESSDDIILE GRLAGWMVEN ADLKILLCAS PECRSTRIAA REGLTEKQAF EMTIEREACE AGRYMEYYEI DILDFSPYDL ILNSETFSAN ELFAIVDAAV SSLLKRE.

Key words: papain, chitosanase activity, ultra-filtration, preparation electrophoresis, HPLC-MS/MS

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