Stem Bromelain: An Enzyme That Naturally Facilitates Oriented Immobilization

Title: Stem Bromelain: An Enzyme That Naturally Facilitates Oriented Immobilization

Volume: 14 Issue: 3

Author(s): Hafeeza Khatoon, Hina Younus and Mohammad Saleemuddin

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Keywords: Bromelain, oligosaccharide chain, oriented immobilization, proteolytic activity, stability

Abstract: The lone oligosaccharide chain of stem bromelain was oxidized with periodic acid to generate aldehyde groups and the resulting oxidized enzyme coupled to amino-Sepharose in order to obtain an immobilized preparation with uniformly oriented enzyme. The immobilized bromelain exhibited high proteolytic activity and remarkably enhanced thermal stability as compared to soluble bromelain and that coupled to CNBr activated Sepharose.

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Khatoon Hafeeza, Younus Hina and Saleemuddin Mohammad, Stem Bromelain: An Enzyme That Naturally Facilitates Oriented Immobilization, Protein & Peptide Letters 2007; 14 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986607780090900

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986607780090900	Print ISSN 0929-8665
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1875-5305