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Sani Sen1, Hiran Kanti Santra1 and Debdulal Banerjee1,2
1Department of Botany and Forestry, Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.
2Centre for Life Sciences, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.
Article Number: 10328 | © The Author(s). 2025
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2025;19(2):1312-1330. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.19.2.34
Received: 20 February 2025 | Accepted: 06 May 2025 | Published online: 31 May 2025
Issue online: June 2025
Abstract

L-asparaginase is an extremely demanding biocatalyst that is employed to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and lessen the development of acrylamide in fried food products. Here, an endophytic F. oxysporum MJS2, obtained from the stem tissues of M. jalapa was evaluated for the synthesis of L-asparaginase. The fermentation conditions were optimized through One Variable At a Time (OVAT) joined with a Central Composite Design (CCD) for the maximum production of enzymes. A 2.32-fold increase in the enzyme action was detected in the post-optimized condition (32.47 U mL-1) in a fermentation condition of pH 7, incubation temperature of 37 °C, and 120 hours of incubation time, glucose (5 gL-1), ammonium sulphate (7 gL-1), and NaCl were the best options for L-asparaginase synthesis by the endophyte. Crude enzyme was dialyzed and purified using Sephadex G-100 column chromatography with a molecular weight of 35 kDa determined through SDS-PAGE. MJS2-derived L-asparaginase acts optimum at a substrate concentration of 50 mM. Endophytic fungi MJS2 could be pharmaceutically exploited to produce L-asparaginase and open up new horizons in the biotechnological aspects of endophytes of common Indian Medicinal plants.

Keywords

Mirabilis jalapa, Endophytic Fungi, Fusarium oxysporum, L-asparaginase

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