title: Recent advances for the production and recovery methods of lysozyme.
abstract: Lysozyme is an antimicrobial peptide with a high enzymatic activity and positive charges. Therefore, it has applications in food and pharmaceutical industries as an antimicrobial agent. Lysozyme is ubiquitous in both animal and plant kingdoms. Currently, egg-white lysozyme is the most commercially available form of lysozyme. The main concerns of egg-white lysozyme are high recovery cost, low activity and most importantly the immunological problems to some people. Therefore, human lysozyme production has gained importance in recent years. Scientists have developed transgenic plants, animals and microorganisms that can produce human lysozyme. Out of these, microbial production has advantages for commercial productions, because high production levels are achievable in a relatively short time. It has been reported that fermentation parameters, such as pH, temperature, aeration, are key factors to increase the effectiveness of the human lysozyme production. Moreover, purification of the lysozyme from the fermentation broth needs to be optimized for the economical production. In conclusion, this review paper covers the mechanism of lysozyme, its sources, production methods and recovery of lysozyme.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering , The Pennsylvania State University, University Park , Pennsylvania , USA and.
authors.forename: Duygu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ercan
authors.affiliation: a Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering , The Pennsylvania State University, University Park , Pennsylvania , USA and.|b The Huck Institutes of Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirci
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009113:Muramidase / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D009113:Muramidase
keywords: Antimicrobial; applications; biofilm reactor; fermentation; lysozyme; production; recovery