Recovery and partial purification of thermophilic β-xylosidase derived from recombinant Bacillus megaterium MS941 by aqueous two-phase system

ABSTRACT

A polymer–salt-based aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) was developed for the effective extraction and purification of extracellular β-xylosidase from the fermentation broth of recombinant Bacillus megaterium MS941. The effect of molecular weight (MW) of polyethylene glycol (PEG), tie-line length (TLL), volume ratio (V_R), crude loading and pH on the recovery performance was evaluated. Under the optimal extraction conditions, β-xylosidase was successfully purified up to 23-fold with a recovery yield of 99% in the bottom salt-rich phase at PEG 4,000/potassium phosphate ATPS comprising TLL of 41.8, V_R of 2.3, crude loading (C_L) of 30% (w/w) at pH 6.

KEYWORDS:

• Aqueous two-phase system
• β-xylosidase
• purification
• polyethylene glycol

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