Partition of glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger in aqueous two-phase systems based on salt and polyethylene glycol

ABSTRACT

The aim of this work was to study the isolation of glucose oxidase (GOx) from Aspergillus niger in aqueous two phase system consisting of PEG 7500 (150g l-1), potassium phosphate (175 g l-1, K2HPO4 +KH2PO4) and glucose (10 gl-1), the enzyme was partitioned in polymer phase. By sequential extraction GOx (69.2 percent) was recovered in polymer phase by 11.8 fold purification, giving a yield of 129U mg protein-¹.