Purification of α-toxin from Clostridium perfringens type A in PEG-phosphate aqueous two-phase systems: a factorial study
✍ Scribed by Maria TH Cavalcanti; Tatiana S Porto; Benicio B Neto; José L Lima-Filho; Ana L F Porto; Adalberto Pessoa Jr
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-2575
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Purification of α‐toxin produced by Clostridium perfringens type A in aqueous two‐phase systems (ATPS) was studied with a full two‐level factorial design on two factors (concentrations of 8000 g mol^−1^ PEG and phosphate salt at pH 8.0), to estimate the influence of these factors on the purification results.
RESULTS: The partition coefficient (K), purification factor (PF) and activity yield (Y) were strongly influenced by the PEG and phosphate concentrations. Raising the levels of the two factors increased these responses. The highest purification factor (5.7) was obtained with PEG and phosphate concentrations of 17.5% and 15%, respectively.
CONCLUSION: These results support the proposal that polymer excluded volume and hydrophobic interactions are the factors that drive the α‐toxin in PEG/phosphate aqueous two‐phase systems. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry