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  4. Immobilization of subtilisin on polycaprolactam for antimicrobial food packaging applications
 
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Immobilization of subtilisin on polycaprolactam for antimicrobial food packaging applications

Date Issued
26-10-2011
Author(s)
Veluchamy, Prabhawathi
Sivakumar, Ponnurengam Malliappan
Mukesh Doble 
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
DOI
10.1021/jf201124v
Abstract
Subtilisin was immobilized on polycaprolactam and used for food packaging applications to reduce the transference of microorganisms from the packaging material to the packaged food material. The optimized conditions for subtilisin immobilization was as follows: pH, 8; temperature, 4 °C; glutaraldehyde, 0.5%; incubation time, 25 h; and subtilisin concentration, 600 μL. The formation of -CH=N- at 1576 cm -1 in the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum confirmed the immobilization. Subtilisin-immobilized polycaprolactam (SIP) exhibited the highest residual activity of 106.67 ± 4.41% and 104.67 ± 0.88% at 40 °C and pH 8 and retained residual activity of 94% at the end of 56 days when compared to 21.33 ± 4.10% in the case of free subtilisin. SIP significantly (p < 0.05) lowered the colony forming units (CFU), dry weight, and protein and carbohydrate contents in bacterial and fungal biofilm. Practical application of the SIP on ham steaks at 4 and 20 °C showed a 2-3 times reduction of Staphylococcus aureus as well as Escherichia coli cells in the range of p < 0.05. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
Volume
59
Subjects
  • adhesion

  • immobilization

  • Polycaprolactam

  • subtilisin

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