scholarly journals Characterization and Optimization of Alkaline Protease Production from Bacillus licheniformis HSW-16 Isolated from Sambhar Salt Lake

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-351
Author(s):  
Rajnish Prakash Singh ◽  
Prabhat Nath Jha

Halophilic microorganisms are recognized as potential source of secondary metabolites including enzymes and drugs with wide agricultural and industrial applications. In the present study protease producing halotolerant bacterium Bacillus licheniformis HSW-16 was isolated from hypersaline Sambhar lake, Rajasthan India. Protease production was performed by using azocasein as substrate. Confirmation of protease production was also done by amplification of alkaline protease gene and sequencing. The various nutritional factors such as carbon and nitrogen source and other physiological parameters like pH, temperature, incubation time and agitation speed were optimized for optimum protease production. The enzyme was active in pH range 7-10, temperature 25 °C-40 °C and salt concentration of 1.5M. The characteristics demonstrated by this isolate showed that it could be used as a potential source of enzyme.Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol 3(2): 347-351 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v3i2.12757 

2014 ◽  
Vol 886 ◽  
pp. 349-354
Author(s):  
Qing Shan Mo ◽  
Yao Tian ◽  
Hui Tu Zhang ◽  
Ling Jun Bu ◽  
Fu Ping Lu

Bacillus alcalophilusisolated was used for the production of alkaline protease. The enzyme encoded by alkaline protease gene (apr4) gene. To further improve the production of the strain for industrial requirement, a genetic manipulation system forBacillus alcalophiluswas developed. Additional copies of theapr4 gene were transferred into the strainBacillus alcalophilusand integrated into the 16S rDNA sites, yielding a series of recombinant strains. One of these recombinant strains, designated K23, exhibited superior properties for production of alkaline protease. the protease activity of K23 achieved by (6.19 ± 0.34) × 104U/ml, which is approximately 111.3% higher than that of the wild-type ones for 50-h fermentation. In addition, the new strain was genetically stable for more than 100 generations. These superior characteristics make it to be more suitable than the wild-type strain for alkaline protease production.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 84-91
Author(s):  
Maslinda Alias ◽  
Hakim Che Harun Mohammad ◽  
Ashraf Razali Nurul ◽  
Jasnizat Saidin ◽  
Nazaitulshila Rasit ◽  
...  

This research aims to produce thermostable alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis isolated from La Hot Spring, Terengganu, Malaysia. The study was also conducted to determine the optimum conditions for protease production and stability by considering several parameters including pH, temperature and salt concentration. All seven bacteria were screened on skim milk agar overnight at 37 °C. Three strains with the highest proteolytic activity were identified in protease specific medium. The thermostable alkaline protease had an optimum temperature of 60 °C which achieved 85.73, 82.90 and 83.05 U/mL of protease activity for the three strains respectively. Furthermore, the strains exhibited significant activity of more than 90% from their original activity. Meanwhile, the optimum pH for protease production was pH 9 with the protease activity of 76.76, 79.71 and 88.39 U/mL for TB4, TB6 and TB9 strains, respectively. Proteases were found stable at pH 9 where the loss did not exceed 30% of its original activity. Collectively, all of the data emphasised that proteases from B. subtilis were alkaline thermostable proteases in accordance with a recent report. The finding highlights the viability of the proteases for biotechnological and industrial applications.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biswanath Bhunia ◽  
Apurba Dey

The optimization of physiochemical parameters for alkaline protease production using Bacillus licheniformis NCIM 2042 were carried out by Plackett-Burman design and response surface methodology (RSM). The model was validated experimentally and the maximum protease production was found 315.28 U using optimum culture conditions. The protease was purified using ammonium sulphate (60%) precipitation technique. The HPLC analysis of dialyzed sample showed that the retention time is 1.84 min with 73.5% purity. This enzyme retained more than 92% of its initial activity after preincubation for 30 min at 37∘C in the presence of 25% v/v DMSO, methanol, ethanol, ACN, 2-propanol, benzene, toluene, and hexane. In addition, partially purified enzyme showed remarkable stability for 60 min at room temperature, in the presence of anionic detergent (Tween-80 and Triton X-100), surfactant (SDS), bleaching agent (sodium perborate and hydrogen peroxide), and anti-redeposition agents (Na2CMC, Na2CO3). Purified enzyme containing 10% w/v PEG 4000 showed better thermal, surfactant, and local detergent stability.


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