Research Article

Purification and Properties of Polygalacturonase Produced by Thermophilic Fungus Thermoascus aurantiacus CBMAI-756 on Solid-State Fermentation

Table 1

Purification of the PG produced by Thermoascus aurantiacus in SSF.

StepVolume (mL)Total activity (U)Total protein (mg)Specific activity
(U/mg protein)
Purification foldYield (%)

Lyophilized extract8.001800.0030.0060.001.00100.00
Sephadex G-7554.001058.403.19331.605.5358.80
SP Sepharose12.60255.800.04785351.5089.1914.20