Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 158, Issue 3, Pages 761-772Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8504-9
Keywords
Milk clotting protease; Response surface methodology; Solid-state fermentation; Biphasic system
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An indigenous Bacillus subtilis strain isolated from soil was found to be a potent milk-clotting protease (mcp) producer. Production optimized using response surface methodology (RSM) yielded 1,190 U/ml of enzyme in medium containing 6% fructose, 1% casein, 0.3% NH4NO3, 10 MM CaCl2, pH 6.0 and inoculated with 3% inoculuill and incubated at 250 rpm for 72 h. Solid-state fermentation resulted in 1,080 and 952.3 U/gds of milk-clotting protease using soybean meal and rice bran, respectively, with higher proteolytic values of 18.97 and 9.1 IU/gds. Production in a biphasic system using an overlay of RSM-optimized medium on solid layer of 6% fructose and 1% casein with 1.5% agar resulted in significant enzyme production. Maximum mcp was obtained using a biphasic system where solid: liquid ratio of 3.0 resulted in a final yield of 1,276.65 U/ml with a yield index of 1.80 as compared to static liquid culture. However, significant increase or difference was noted as compared to yield obtained after RSM. This is the first report on the use of RSM for production of mcp from a bacterial species.
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