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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 105, Issue -, Pages 49-56Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.01.066
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Entrapment; Pullulan; Reusability; Stability; Starch hydrolysis; alpha-Amylase and glucoamylase
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- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
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Enhanced entrapment of the enzymes, a-amylase and glucoamylase, was found in alginate beads on addition of pullulan in the enzyme mixture. Under optimized process conditions of entrapment, enzymes-pullulan complex showed an entrapment of 85% in the alginate beads as opposed to 25% for the free enzymes. Beads of enzymes-pullulan complex showed lower inactivation rate constant and higher half life than corresponding beads of free enzymes. Activation energy of beads of enzymes-pullulan was increased by 6.81 kJ/mole compared to beads of free enzymes. This implies better stability the enzymes in enzymes-pullulan beads along with increased immobilization yield. Moreover, enzymes-pullulan beads also showed pH stability at extreme acidic and alkaline pH. Addition of pullulan in the enzymes mixture lowered the Km and increased the limax as compared to beads of free enzymes. Hydrolysis of starch and reusability study showed better applicability of beads of enzymes-pullulan as compared to free enzymes. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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