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    Citation - WoS: 69
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    Pectinase Enzyme-Complex Production by Aspergillus Spp. in Solid-State Fermentation: a Comparative Study
    (Elsevier, 2012) Heerd, Doreen; Yeğin, Sırma; Tarı, Canan; Fernandez Lahore, Marcelo
    A comparative evaluation of three Aspergillus species according to their pectinase production in solid-state fermentation was performed. Solid-state fermentation offers several potential advantages for enzyme production by fungal strains. Utilization of agricultural by-products as low-cost substrates for microbial enzyme production resulted in an economical and promising process. The pectinolytic enzyme activities of two Aspergillus sojae strains were compared to a known producer, Aspergillus niger IMI 91881, and to A. sojae ATCC 20235, which was re-classified as Aspergillus oryzae. Evaluation of polymethylgalacturonase and polygalacturonase activity was performed as well as exo- vs. endo-enzyme activity in the crude pectinase enzyme-complex of the mentioned strains. Furthermore, a plate diffusion assay was applied to determine the presence and action of proteases in the crude extracts. A. sojae ATCC 20235 with highest polymethylgalacturonase activity and highest polygalacturonase activity both exo- and endo-enzyme activity, is a promising candidate for industrial pectinase production, a group of enzymes with high commercial value, in solid-state fermentation processes. Beside the enzymatic assays a protein profile of each strain is given by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and in addition species-specific zymograms for pectinolytic enzymes were observed, revealing the differences in protein pattern of the A. sojae strains to the re-classified A. oryzae. (C) 2011 The Institution of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Optimization of Exo-Polygalacturonase Production From Orange Peel by Aspergillus Sojae
    (Elsevier, 2010) Büyükkileci, Ali Oğuz; Tarı, Canan; Fernandez-Lahore, H. M.; Gençkal Demir, Hande; Göğüş, Nihan
    Pectinases catalyze the degradation of pectic substances, thus they are used extensively in fruit juice and wine industry to facil-itate extraction and clarification. Aspergillus species, in particular Aspergillus niger, have long been utilized for production of pectinases. Previous studies of our group showed that A. sojae has a potential to produce enhanced amount of polygalacturonase, which is one of the pectic enzymes, in both submerged and solid-state cultures (Gogus et al., 2006; Tari et al., 2007). In this study, several agricultural products were screened in an effort to find a cheap and abundant substrate for submerged polygalacturonase production using a UV-mutated A. sojae strain. Medium composition was optimized to further enhance the enzyme level. Experiments were designed and analyzed statistically using the trial version of the statistical software, Design Expert.