Abstract
β-Galactosidase from grape berry pulp was extracted after a 2 hr digestion with the non-ionic detergent Triton X-114. Subsequent phase partitioning eliminated ~75% of the phenolic compounds, enabling the enzyme to be recovered in the aqueous upper phase with an 8-fold increase in its specific activity. The enzyme was kinetically characterized using o-nitrophenyl β-galactopyranoside as substrate and was active at acidic pH with an optimum at pH 4.2, a value at which Vmax and Km were 0.009 μmol/min/mg protein and 1.2 mM, respectively. β-Galactosidase was competitively inhibited by free galactose with Ki of 0.8 mM. The enzyme had an optimum temperature of 65°C, although its thermostability is very low at this temperature.
- Received February 2009.
- Revision received May 2009.
- Accepted May 2009.
- Published online September 2009
- Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Enology and Viticulture
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