Biotechnology Letters

, Volume 17, Issue 8, pp 821–826 | Cite as

Role of hydrolysis conditions in the enzyme-mediated release of reducing sugars from sulphite pulp

  • L. P. Christov
  • B. A. Prior
Article

Summary

The release of reducing sugars from sulphite pulp treated with an Aureobasidium pullulans xylanase preparation was studied. Hydrolysis conditions such as pH, buffer, temperature and time of enzyme treatment were optimized in terms of their effect on sulphite pulp for production of dissolving pulp with an improved quality. Enzyme hydrolysis of pulp was found to be most effective at a temperature of 55°C and at pH 4.7 using sodium acetate buffer.

Keywords

Enzyme Sodium Acetate Sugar Hydrolysis 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • L. P. Christov
    • 1
  • B. A. Prior
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Microbiology and BiochemistryUniversity of the Orange Free StateBloemfonteinSouth Africa

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