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Preparation of Soluble Silk Peptides by Food-grade Proteinases  

Ha Jae-Seok (Systems Microbiology Research Center, KRIBB)
Song Jae-Jun (Systems Microbiology Research Center, KRIBB)
Cho Hyoung-Kwon (Hanpoong Pharm. Co.)
Lee Seung-Goo (Systems Microbiology Research Center, KRIBB)
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Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters / v.34, no.2, 2006 , pp. 115-120 More about this Journal
Abstract
Enzymatic hydrolysis of silk fibers were investigated for the preparation of soluble silk peptides by ten food-grade proteases from Bacillus, Aspergilius, and plant sources. Silk fibers were dissolved for 1 hr in a 2:1 cosolvent (50% $CaCl_2$: ethanol) by heating at $90^{\circ}C$. The silk solution was filtered to remove Impurity particles and desalted for 50 hours by a dialysis process to remove the used cosolvent. When the silk hydrolysis was performed at $45^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours, most proteases from Bacillus and Aspergillus generated large amounts of insoluble aggregates. On the contrary, proteases from plant sources produced much less aggregates during prolonged incubations and also exhibited high hydrolysis activities. In regards of the solubility and broad molecular sizes of produced silk peptides, Bromelain was finally selected and applied for the enzymatic hydrolysis of silk fibers.
Keywords
Silk fibroin; soluble silk peptide; food-grade protease;
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