%0 Journal Article %T Partial purification and properties of cellulase-free alkaline xylanase produced by Rhizopus stolonifer in solid-state fermentation %A Goulart %A Antonio Jos¨¦ %A Carmona %A Eleonora Cano %A Monti %A Rubens %J Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology %D 2005 %I Tecpar %R 10.1590/S1516-89132005000300001 %X rhizopus stolonifer was cultivated in wheat bran to produce a cellulase-free alkaline xylanase. the purified enzyme obtained after molecular exclusion chromatography in sephacryl s-200 hr showed optimum temperature as 45o c and hydrolysis phs optima as ph 6.0 and 9.0. xylanase presented higher vmax at ph 9.0 (0.87 ¦Ìmol/mg protein) than at ph 6.0 and minor km at ph 6.0 (7.42 mg/ml) than at ph 9.0. %K alkaline xylanase %K rhizopus stolonifer %K solid-state fermentation. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1516-89132005000300001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en