Research Article

Production and Purification of a Novel Xanthan Lyase from a Xanthan-Degrading Microbacterium sp. Strain XT11

Table 1

Purification of xanthan lyase from the xanthan-grown culture of Microbacterium sp. XT11.

Purification stepsLyase activity (U)Total protein content (mg)Specific activity (U/mg)Yield 
%
Purification fold

Cell-free culture broth253.31152.21001
(NH4)2SO4 precipitation191.471.32.775.61.2
Phenyl Sepharose150.328.45.359.32.4
Q Sepharose FF126.74.528.250.412.8