Haidri SH 
	
					    												
Pakistan						                            
                            
						
 Research Article
												Production, Purification and Characterization of Endopolygalacturonase by Bacillus subtillus 						
Author(s): Nayab Munir, Javaid Asad M and Haidri SH
Nayab Munir, Javaid Asad M and Haidri SH
             
						
												
				 Plant cell wall is made up of complex carbohydrates like cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectin. Pectin is complex carbohydrates made up of galacturonic acid units linked by glycosidic linkage. For breakdown of this pectin microorganism require many different enzymes. Polygalacturonase is a pectinolytic enzyme catalyzed hydrolysis of α 1-4 glycosidic linkage in polygalacturonic acid by the addition of water. Polygalacturonase has two types; endopolygalacturonase and exopolygalacturonase. Endopolygalacturonase catalysis internal α 1-4 glycosidic linkage and exopolygalacturonase catalyze external α 1-4 glycosidic linkage in Pectate molecules. Endopolygalacturonase has various applications especially fruit juice industries used for clarification of juice as well as in food industry for maceration of vegetables. Endo-PG produced by fungus .. View More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/2161-1009.1000181