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The enzyme β-d-fructofuranosidase fructohydrolase (FFH) cleaves the α-1,4 glycosidic linkage between α-d-glucose and β-d-fructose molecules of sucrose, releasing monosaccharides by hydrolysis. In the present study, FFH production in Candida utilis GC-46, a lipolytic wild yeast strain was improved by exposure to N-methyl N-nitro N-nitroso guanidine (NG) and 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2dg) at various levels. The mutant strain NG-5 was obtained after exposure to 0.06 mg/ml of NG for 20 min. NG-5 offers improved extracellular FFH production (34 ± 2.6 U/ml/min) when compared to the wild strain (1.15 ± 0.01 U/ml/min). A 40-fold increase of FFH (45.65 ± 2.0 U/ml/min) was achieved when the process parameters, including incubation period (48 h), sucrose concentration (5.0 g/l), initial pH (6.0), inoculum size (2.0% v/v, 16 h old), and urea concentration (0.2%, w/v) were identified using Plackett–Burman design. The kinetic parameters viz. Q p (0.723 U/g/h), Y p/s (2.036 U/g), and q p (0.091 U/g yeast cells/h) indicate that NG-5 is a hyperproducer of extracellular FFH with a concomitant increase in growth rate. The volumetric productivity of NG-5 was over sixfold improved over the parental strain. The enzyme production improvement is highly significant (HS, LSD 0.042, p ≤ 0.05), indicating commercial utility.
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Ali, S., Ashiq, M. Enhanced Production of an Extracellular β-d-Fructofuranosidase Fructohydrolase from a 2-Deoxy-d-glucose Stabilized Mutant of Candida utilis . Appl Biochem Biotechnol 159, 453–463 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-009-8575-2
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