title: Effects of low intensity ultrasound on cellulase pretreatment.
abstract: This research was to explore the mechanism of ultrasonic impact on free cellulase activity and immobilize cellulase activities. The highest free cellulase activity was achieved when the sample was treated with low intensity ultrasound at 15 W, 24 kHz for 10 min, under which the enzyme activity was increased by 18.17% over the control. Fluorescence and CD spectra revealed that the ultrasonic treatment had increased the number of tryptophan on cellulase surface slightly, with the deformation of certain number of α-helix structure and increase of random coil content in cellulase protein. The highest immobilized cellulase activity was achieved when the sample was treated with low intensity ultrasound at 60 W, 24 kHz for 10 min, under which the enzyme activity was increased by 24.67% over the control. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the ultrasonic treatment had increased the surface area of immobilized cellulase.
authors.affiliation: School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China. wzhb@ujs.edu.cn
authors.forename: Zhenbin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Pingping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shiqing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Haile
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D002480:Cellulase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014465:Ultrasonics
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D002480:Cellulase