Journal
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 74, Issue 8, Pages 1809-1820Publisher
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2016.363
Keywords
bio-catalytic activity; encapsulation; manganese peroxidase; thermo-stability; toxicity
Funding
- Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan
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An indigenous and industrially important manganese peroxidase (MnP) was isolated from solid-state bio-processing of wheat bran by white-rot fungal strain Ganoderma lucidum IBL-05 under pre-optimized growth conditions. Crude MnP extract was partially purified (2.34-fold) to apparent homogeneity by ammonium sulphate precipitation and dialysis. The homogeneous enzyme preparation was encapsulated on gelatin matrix using glutaraldehyde as a cross-linking agent. Optimal conditions for highest immobilization (82.5%) were: gelatin 20% (w/v), glutaraldehyde 0.25% (v/v) and 2 h activation time using 0.6 mg/mL of protein concentration. Gelatin-encapsulated MnP presented its maximum activity at pH 6.0 and 60 degrees C. Thermo-stability was considerably improved after immobilization. The optimally active MnP fraction was tested against MnSO4 as a substrate to calculate kinetic parameters. More than 90% decolorization of Sandal-fix Red C4BLN (Reactive Red 195A) dye was achieved with immobilized MnP in 5 h. It also preserved more than 50% of its original activity after the sixth reusability cycle. The water quality parameters (pH, chemical oxygen demand, total organic carbon) and cytotoxicity (brine shrimp and Daphnia magna) studies revealed the nontoxic nature of the bio-treated dye sample. A lower K-m, higher V-max, greater acidic and thermal-resistant up to 60 degrees C were the improved catalytic features of immobilized MnP suggesting its suitability for a variety of biotechnological applications.
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