Screening, selection, production and characterization of the enzyme xylanase from wild yeasts / Triagem, seleção, produção e caracterização da enzima xilanase a partir de leveduras silvestres

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2008

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Endo-1,4-ß-xylanase (E.C. 3.2.1.8), commonly called xylanase, has great application in different types of industries such as feed, food, textiles, paper, ethanol from biomass, among others. These enzymes act in hydrolysis of the xylan, one of the most abundant polysaccharides found in the nature, present in cell plants linked to the hemicelullose. The main goal of this work was to select, through a screening method using Petri dishes, and to evaluate the enzymatic activity of isolated wild yeasts from several brazilian regions (Atlantic Forest, Amazonian Forest, Cerrado and Pantanal) about the production of xylanase. For the screening in Petri dishes, the culture medium used has xylan as the only carbon source to induce the production of the enzyme. From 349 evaluated microorganisms, 84 could produce xylanase, although only 37 showed an enzymatic ration (diameter of the undye halo/diameter of the colony) higher than 2.5. And, after initial assays in submerged method, 9 strains showed a satisfactory growth at 30ºC and 150 rpm. Among them, the microorganisms AAD5 and AY10 presented a higher potential, with the enzymatic activity above 2 µmol/mL.min. The characterization of the produced enzymes was carried out and the one produced by the strain AAD5 has, as optimal conditions, temperature between 57.5 ? 67.5 ºC and pH 4.7 ? 5.5. Also, it was shown 21.33 hours of half-life at 52ºC and pH 5.3, with vmax of 1.77 µmol/mL.min and Km of 0.44 g/L. The enzyme produced by the strain AY10 has, as optimal conditions, pH between 4.8 ? 4.1 and temperature around 80ºC. The half-life of the enzyme was 11.21 hours at 72ºC and pH 5.3, with vmax of 5.47 µmol/mL.min and Km of 1.37 g/L. These results demonstrate the potential application of the yeasts for xylanase production, although, for those enzymes, further works are necessary to establish the actual industrial and technical potentialities

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caracterização xylan characterization leveduras - seleção xylanase yeasts xilana xilanase

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