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Xylanase production byPenicillium janthinellum using 10–100 mM of 2,2-dimethylsuccinate (DMS) buffer, in a range of pH 4.5-6.0 was studied. The enzyme activity was enhanced using oat xylan as the carbon source. Under these conditions a culture produced 1.14 Μmol/ min (11.4 U/mL or 84.4 U/mg) of Β-xylanase after 5 d of growth in a 10-mM buffer solution at pH 4.5. Protease was absent in the DMS buffer except when 100 mM phosphate buffer at pH 6.0 was used (4 U/mL). Β-Xylosidase was only found at a pH of 4.5 in all the buffer concentrations. At a 50 mM DMS buffer concentration at pH 4.5 Β- xylanases were induced by both oat and birch xylans, having a greater effect with oat spelt xylans.
Electrophoretic analyses showed that the birchwood xylan induction exhibited different proteins profiles. No Β-xylosidase or Β- glucosidase was induced until d 5. The Β-xylanases were rapidly inactivated at 50‡C, however, birch xylanase appeared to be more stable than oat xylanase.
Using oat xylan as an inductor, theΒ-xylosidase andΒ-glucosidase were 85 and 91 U/L, respectively, on d 7. The xylanase produced by induction from sugar cane bagasse hydrolyzate was used for pulp biobleaching. A 20% decrease on the Kappa value in Kraft pulp using the culture extract was obtained. These selective growth conditions led us to modulate the xylanase production for pulp delignification.
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Curotto, E., Concha, M., Campos, V. et al. Production of extracellular xylanases byPenicillium janthinellum . Appl Biochem Biotechnol 48, 107–116 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02796165
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