期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
卷 101, 期 -, 页码 455-463出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.02.103
关键词
Blue crab and shrimp shells chitins; Enzymatic deproteinization; Digestive alkaline proteases
资金
- Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia
Since chitin is closely associated with proteins, deproteinization is a crucial step in the process of extracting chitin. Thus, this research aimed to extract chitin from Portunus segnis and Penaeus kerathurus shells by means of crude digestive alkaline proteases from the viscera of P. segnis, regarding deproteinization step, as an alternative to chemical treatment. Casein zymography revealed that five caseinolytic pro teases bands exist, suggesting the presence of at least five different major proteases. The optimum pH and temperature for protease activity were pH 8.0 and 60 degrees C, respectively, using casein as a substrate. The crude enzymes extract was highly stable at low temperatures and over a wide range of pH from 6.0 to 12.0. The crude alkaline protease extract was found to be effective in the deproteinization of blue crab and shrimp shells, to produce chitin. The best efficiency in deproteinization (84.69 +/- 0.65% for blue crab shells and 91.06 +/- 1.40% for shrimp shells) was achieved with an E/S ratio of 5 U/mg of proteins after 3 h incubation at 50 degrees C. These results suggest that enzymatic deproteinization of crab and shrimp wastes by fish endogenous alkaline proteases could be a potential alternative in the chitin production process. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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