Research Article

Purification and Characterization of a Polyextremophilic α-Amylase from an Obligate Halophilic Aspergillus penicillioides Isolate and Its Potential for Souse with Detergents

Table 1

Stepwise summary of the enrichment of the -amylase from A. penicillioides TISTR 3639.

PropertiesCell-free supernatant(NH4)2SO4 precipitationGel filtration chromatography

Total protein (mg)2301.1 ± 1.0785.4 ± 1.1219.4 ± 1.3
Total activity (U)39142 ± 1.5 (100%)34015.8 ± 1.0 (68%)25891.9 ± 1.1 (44%)
Specific activity (U·mg−1)17 ± 0.043.3 ± 0.1118.4 ± 1.2
Purification fold1.02.56.9