Determination of pectin methylesterase activity in commercial pectinases and study of the inactivation kinetics through two potentiometric procedures
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos
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Pectinases are enzymes that degrade pectic substances and are widely used in juice and fruit beverages to improve the quality of the process. The objective of this study was to determine the optimum pH and temperature of two samples of commercial pectinases and propose an alternative procedure to determine the residual activity comparing the data with those of the traditional procedure. The pectin methylesterase (PME) activity in Pectinex 100 L Plus and Panzyn Clears was determined by potentiometry. The reaction consisted of 5.00 mg.mL-1 apple pectin, 0.100 mol.L-1 NaCl, and 50 μL enzyme to a total volume of 30 mL. The pectin reaction in the presence of PME in all experiments revealed a first order kinetics. The PME in the two enzyme preparations showed higher activity at pH 4.0 to 4.5 and temperature of 45 oC. From the results of both procedures ΔVNaOH/Δt and ΔpH/Δt, it was concluded that the inactivation of PME occurred at 75 °C. The results obtained from the ratio ΔpH/Δt showed good correlation with those obtained from the ratio ΔVNaOH/Δt. In the reaction accompanied by the ratio ΔpH/Δt, the release of H3O+ occurred in the real time reaction.
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