RESUMO
The oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus is the most commonly cultivated mushroom, and are effective for antitumor, antibacterial, anti viral and hematological agents and in immune modulating treatments. Several compounds from oyster mushrooms, potentially beneficial for human health have been isolated and studied. The aim of this research is to purify an enzyme catalase from Pleurotus ostreatus through Sephadox G-75 column, its molecular weight was determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the catalase enzyme stability were observed at various temperature and different pH condition. Under denaturing conditions, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed dissociation of a major component of molecular weight 62,000 kDa, which constituted 90% of the total protein of the stained gel, suggesting that the native enzyme is tetrameric. The optimum temperature and pH for the purified enzyme catalase from Pleurotus ostreatus enzymatic reaction were 30°C and pH 7.5.