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sida
se
s from
Aspergillus niger ATCC 20
611and
Aspergillus japonicusTIT-KJ1 were purified and immobilized covalently ontomethacrylamide-ba
sedpolymeric bead
s. The porou
s, oxriane-containing
support wa
sreactive and could bindenzyme
s in a buffered
solution at room temperature with a den
sity up to0.4 mg ofprotein g
-1 of
support with 100% immobilizedyield. Neither the optimum temperaturefor the highe
st enzymatic activitie
s nor the batch reaction pattern forfructooligo
saccharide
s formation catalyzed by
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sida
se
s wa
s changed byimmobilization.The amount of fructooligo
saccharide
s produced from 50% (w/w)
sucro
se
solution u
singthe prepared immobilized enzyme
s wa
s determined to be approximat
ely60% of thetotal
sugar
s in the reaction mixture
s. Thi
s level offructooligo
saccharide
s producedby the immobilized enzyme
s wa
s comparable to that re
sulting fromproce
sse
semploying other immobilized biocataly
st
s a
s shown in the literature.The fraction oftotal fructooligo
saccharide
s pre
sented in the final mixture increa
sedwith the initial
sucro
se concentration, while fraction
s of gluco
se and fructo
sedecrea
sed with anincrea
se
sucro
se concentration.