Table 1

Summary of the purification protocol of the protease produced by Trichoderma harzianum 1051.

Purification Step
Total activity (U)
Total protein (mg)
Specific activity (U/mg)
Purification (fold)
Yield(%)

*Freeze-dryed culture medium
274
5.0
55
-
100
** crude enzyme
220
7.5
29.3
1
80
***phenyl-Sepharose eluate
75
0.63
119
4.06
27

*Freeze-dried culture medium ressuspended with 20 ml of 50 mM phosphate buffer, pH 5.0; **pellet resulting from precipitation of the freeze-dried material, with 60% (NH4)2 SO4 and resuspended with 3 ml of the phosphate buffer; *** Protease sample (Fig. 1, fractions 30–37) resulting from chromatography of the crude enzyme on a phenyl-Sepharose column.

De Marco and Felix BMC Biochemistry 2002 3:3   doi:10.1186/1471-2091-3-3