Abstract
An alkali-tolerant bacterial isolate CH7 was isolated from Chilika Lake sediments that produced α-amylase at high pH. It showed >15 mm zone diameter at pH 11.0 on agar plate containing 1% starch hence considered for study. It survived up to 10% NaCl concentration on nutrient agar plates. Taxonomically it was identified as Bacillus sp. strain SP-CH7 having GenBank Accession No. KU761266. Optimized alkaline α-amylase, AA7 showed 202.857 specific activity (IU/mg), 65.95 purification fold and 25.94 yield (%) respectively. Molecular weight was revealed by SDS-PAGE as 55 kDa. The Km value was 0.688 mg/mL and so was 2.342 IU/mL Vmax obtained for AA7 towards starch. This enzyme showed 92.79% and 91.14% stability at pH 11.0 and 13.0 respectively and up to 75 °C stability was also noted. Enzyme activity was stimulated by Co2+, Na+ and Ca2+. It was stable in presence of EDTA, SDS, all the powdered detergents as well as with liquid detergent “Ezee” which vouches for its potential application in Detergent industries.
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