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Table 1 Purification of trypsin of crevalle jack pyloric caeca

From: Metal-sensitive and thermostable trypsin from the crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) pyloric caeca: purification and characterization

Step

Total protein (mg)

Total activity (U)

Specific activity (U/mg)

Yield (%)

Purification (fold)

Crude extract

2 040. 0

1.863

0.9

100.0

1.0

Heat treatment

1 560. 0

1.743

1.1

85.4

1.2

Ammonium sulfate precipitation (F 0–80%)

85.6

387

4.5

20.8

5.0

Sephadex G-75

3.7

341

92.2

18.3

102.4

  1. Protein and enzyme activity were established according to Warburg and Christian [18] and Freitas-Júnior et al. [2], respectively.