Adsorption of Amyloglucosidase from Aspergillus niger NRRL 3122 Using Ion Exchange Resin

Amyloglucosidase enzyme was produced by Aspergillus niger NRRL 3122 from solid-state fermentation, using deffated rice bran as substrate. The effects of process parameters (pH, temperature) in the equilibrium partition coefficient for the system amyloglucosidase - resin DEAF-cellulose were investigated, aiming at obtaining the optimum conditions for a subsequent purification process. The highest partition coefficients were obtained using 0.025M Tris-HCl buffer; pH 8.0 and 25 degrees C The conditions that supplied the highest partition coefficient were specified, the isotherm that better described the amyloglucosidase process of adsorption obtained. It was observed that the adsorption could be well described by Langmuir equation and the values of Q(m) and K-d estimated at 133.0 U mL(-1) and 15.4 U mL(-1), respectively. From the adjustment of the kinetic curves using the fourth-order Runge-Kutta algorithm, the adsorption (k(1)) and desorption (k(2)) constants were obtained through optimization by the least square procedure, and the values calculated were 2.4x10(-3) mL U-1 min(-1) for k1 and 0.037 min(-1) for k(2).