[Enzymatic conversion of invertase substrates in a water-organic medium].

The behavior of intact and immobilized invertase in aqueous and water-organic media has been studied. In a water-organic medium, the transferase properties of the enzyme changed: pH optima of intact and immobilized invertase undergo shifts of 0.5 units: the temperature optimum decreases (50 degrees C and 25 degrees C in aqueous and water-organic media, respectively). The extent of conversion of isoamyl alcohol in water-organic medium shows a dependence on several factors (the enzyme and substrate concentrations; amount of the organic phase; and duration of the enzyme incubation with the substrate). Optimum parameters of isoamyl alcohol conversion were used for transforming fusel alcohols into alkyl fructosides. The results of this applied research have important practical implications (conversion of fusel oils of alcoholic beverages).

[Methods of increasing the activity of extracellular esterase, beta-fructofuranosidase and proteases of wine yeast]. / Puti Povysheniia aktivnosti vnekletochnoi ésterasy, beta-fruktofuranozidazy i proteazy vinnykh drozhzhei

Upon regular fermentation changes in the activity of the enzymes esterase, beta-fructofuranosidase and protease of the yeast Saccharomyces mini of the Parkent I race were examined. The maximum activity of the enzymes occurred in the stationary phase of the yeast growth. An increase in the activity of the above enzymes was shown possible during a prolonged stabilization of the stationary conditions in the process of a continuous chemostat cultivation of wine yeast.