Identification and characterization of a phytase of potential commercial interest 

 -  Journal of Biotechnology, 10(110), p.313-322, 2004 .
<br/><br/> Phytases catalyse the hydrolytic degradation of phytic acid and its salts and are added to monogastric animal feed to ameliorate the negative environmental and nutritional consequences of dietary phytate. Screening of 58 microbial strains identified a phytase produced by Rhizopus oligosporus ATCC 22959 that displayed physicochemical characteristics likely to render it of potential industrial interest. The 124 kDa enzyme was purified to homogeneity by anion exchange chromatography, gel filtration and chromatofocusing. The monomeric glycosylated enzyme (30.5 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PHYTASE<br/>PHYTATE<br/>RHIZOPUS OLIGOSPORUS<br/>ANIMAL FEED<br/>FEED ENZYME