Abstract:
The pepsin was extracted and purified by PEG/ (NH4) 2SO4 aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) from stomach of swine.Extraction technology of pepsin using a newly established ATPS was investigated according to volume ratio (VR) , purification factor (PF) , specific activity (SA) , protease activity recovery yield (η) and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) .The optimal ATPS conditions for pepsin partitioning was 25% PEG1000:18% (NH4) 2SO4, which activity recovery yield reached 91.5%.SDS-PAGE indicated that ATPS fraction had a major protein which molecular weight (MW) was consistent with swine pepsin.