Production, Purification and Characterization of Extracellular Lipase from a Mutated Strain of Penicillium Citrinum KU613360

Abstract

In the present study lipase production, purification and characterization were carried out with a novel fungal strain of Penicillium citrinum KU613360 isolated from vegetable oil contaminated soil samples collected from oil mills located in and around Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. The strain improvement was carried out by subjecting the strain to both UV and Ethidium Bromide treatments. The wild strain of P. citrinum KU613360 showed maximum lipase activity of 1.053±0.32IUmL-1 on optimized medium and while the mutated strain treated with combination of UV (300 sec) and Et Br (200 µgcm3), recorded the enzyme activity of 4.260±0.011IUmL-1, using the optimised medium at 6.5 pH and 40°C temperature. Thus, a 404% enhancement in the activity was achieved by using induced mutation on wild strain of P. citrinum KU613360. The molecular weight of the purified lipase from the mutated strain was found to be 35 kDa, when analysed on SDS PAGE. From our results it was concluded that the mutated strain has considerable capability and potentiality to be used in various industrial applications.