1Department of Microbiology, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
2Food and Biotechnology Research Center, PCSIR Labs Complex Lahore 54600, Punjab, Pakistan
3Department of Biotechnology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
Corresponding author: Najeeb Ullah
microbiologist04@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Abstract | Protease is one among other many enzymes which possess the qualities of the vitally important hydrolytic enzymes. The present experimental work of the protease production was conducted by using skin waste from leather industry as a substrate. Different sources of nitrogen and carbon were screened in order to enhance the production of protease by a locally isolated Bacillus sp. In order to ensure the best results Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize five different independent variables including substrate, Molasses, temperature, pH and incubation period. Maximum protease activity was observed by using molasses (540.62 ± 26.77 IU/ml) as carbon source and NaNO3 (606.95 ± 7.61 IU/ml) as nitrogen source. The optimum conditions predicted by RSM were substrate 2%, molasses 1.5%, temperature 35 °C, pH 9.0 and induction period of 96 hour. Almost 2.9 fold increase in protease production was observed after optimization at these optimal conditions. All these results indicated that skin waste from leather industry can be exploited as a potential substrate for alkaline protease production at optimized conditions by Bacillus sp.
Novelty Statement | In present research work industrial skin waste obtained from the local leather industry was exploited as substrate for alkaline protease production that make the process economically feasible and environment friendly by utilizing the industry waste.
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