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Table 4 Comparisons of enzymology properties of polygalacturonase reported in the literatures

From: Preliminary investigations on a polygalacturonase from Aspergillus fumigatus in Chinese Pu’er tea fermentation

No.

Strains

Optimal temperature (°C)

Optimal pH

K m (mg/mL)

Stability

Refs.

1

Sckrotinia sclerotiorum

45

5.0

0.83

Mostly inactive at 65 °C,

[42]

2

Aspergillus fumigatus strain 4

65

3.5–4.5

-

Stable between 3.0 and 9.0 and at 4–6 °C;

activity reduce by 24 % at 26–30 °C

[39]

3

Aspergillus niger

43

3.8–4.3

0.12

T m = 43 °C

[18]

4

Aspergillus niger

45

3, 4.6

0.72

T m = 46 °C

[18]

5

Penicillium viridicatum Rfc3

55

5

Stable in neutral pH range and at 40 ºC for 1 h

[43]

6

Thermoascus aurantiacus 179-5

65

5

Stable in the acidic to neutral pH range at 60 °C for 1 h

[44]

7

Penicillium SPC-F 20

60

5.5

A residual activity of 48 % after 2 h of incubation at 60 °C

[22]

8

Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis

65

3.5

 

Activity decreased by 28 and 39 at 60 and 65 °C, respectively, for 90-min incubation

[45]

9

Thermoascus aurantiacus

60

5.0

-

Stable in pH 3.0–4.5 at 55 °C for 1 h

[1]

10

Rhizomucor pusilis

55

5.0

0.22

Stable up to 50 °C for 120 min at pH 4.0–5.0;

decreased rapidly above 60 °C and above pH 5.0

[8]

11

Penicillium oxalicum SX6

50

5.0

Stable at pH 3.5–6.0 and 40 °C

[13]

12

Aspergillus fumigatus

60

5.0

35

Stable at pH 2.0–7.0 and 60 °C for 2 h

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