Immobilized endo-xylanase of Aspergillus tamarii Kita: an interesting biological tool for production of xylooligosaccharides at high temperatures

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Heinen, P. R. ; Pereira, M. G. ; Rechia, C. G. V. ; Almeida, P. Z. ; Monteiro, L. M. O. ; Pasin, T. M. ; Messias, J. M. ; Cereia, M. ; Kadowaki, M. K. ; Jorge, J. A. ; Polizeli, M. L. T. M.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Process Biochemistry; v. 53, p. 145-152, FEB 2017.
• Web of Science Citations: 7

Abstract

An endo-xylanase produced by Aspergillus tamarii Kita was purified using the support CM-cellulose. The enzyme was immobilized on CM-cellulose, glyoxyl-agarose and CNBr-agarose, but the best support was considered the glyoxyl-agarose since its derivative had more stability than the CNBr-agarose derivative (control) in broad range of temperature. The derivatives had an important hyperactivation on glyoxyl-agarose (2.4-fold) and CM-cellulose (5.1-fold). The immobilization of the enzyme improved the physicochemical parameters, since increased enzyme optimum temperature in 5 degrees, which changed from 60 degrees C in the control to 65 degrees C after multipoint covalent immobilization. Thermostability of the glyoxyl-agarose derivative showed half-life (t(0.5)) values of 96 and 60min at 70 and 80 degrees C, respectively. Both derivatives showed apparent optimum pH of 5.5. Glyoxyl-agarose derivative was used in 5 consecutive cycles, maintaining more than 80% of its residual activity. The immobilization of endoxylanase showed to be a very useful method for improving thermostability up to 80 degrees C and enabled to successfully produce xylooligosaccharides (XOS) of 2-5 degree of polymerization (DP 2-5), especially xylotriose (39.7%) and xylotetraose (29.4%), at high temperatures. The glyoxyl-agarose derivative is a potential resource to numerous biotechnological processes, especially in large scale production of XOS which could be used as prebiotic supplementation. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)