Research Article

A Simple Route for Purifying Extracellular Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-depolymerase from Penicillium pinophilum

Table 1

Purification of PHB-depolymerase from P. pinophilum.

Purification stepTotal protein (mg)Total activity (Units)Specific activity (Units/mg)Purification (fold)Yield (%)

Culture medium109.095600.5491100
Precipitation with (NH4)2SO40.76761.51.9553.562.5