Desorption of cellulases from cotton powder

Cotton fabrics were treated with three different Trichoderma reesei cellulase preparations (total crude – TC, endoglucanase enriched – EG-rich, cellobiohydrolase enriched – CBH-rich) using mechanical agitation to produce cotton powder. Desorption of cellulase enzymes from the cotton powder was then...

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Autor principal: Azevedo, Helena S. (author)
Outros Autores: Ramos, Luiz Pereira (author), Paulo, Artur Cavaco (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2001
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/2607
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/2607
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Resumo:Cotton fabrics were treated with three different Trichoderma reesei cellulase preparations (total crude – TC, endoglucanase enriched – EG-rich, cellobiohydrolase enriched – CBH-rich) using mechanical agitation to produce cotton powder. Desorption of cellulase enzymes from the cotton powder was then performed by washing with buffer. After 3 washings most of the protein was desorbed from the cotton powder and the amount of sugars released in the latter washings was negligible. TC and CBH-rich preparations produced a finer cellulose powder than EGs. The desorption process caused a decrease in degree of polymerisation (DP) specially for the cotton treated with EGs and a marked increase in polydispersity (Pd ) for all preparations.