Partial Purification and Characterization of Cellulase, Pectinase and Xylanase from Penicillium chrysogenum

Abstract

Today's growing industrial world is in great need of the enzymes that can effectively process the plant fibers. Especially in the textile industries, the processing of these fibers is of great need wherein the process mainly consists of the degradation of compound such as cellulose, xylan and pectin. Since textile processing industries have become one of the major causes for environmental pollution. Cellulases, pectinase and xylanase enzymes that can effectively hydrolyze polysaccharides are of great interest in industrial point of view. These enzymes are optimally produced from the fungus Penicillium chrysogenum using single factorial design. Results of the single factorial design can be scaled-up for the future large-scale and an eco-friendly processing in textile and many other industries. These enzymes were also partially purified, and characterized.