Research Article Production, Characterization of Tannase from

Copyright © 2014 Juliana Silva de Lima et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Tannase is an enzyme that hydrolyzes esters and lateral bonds of tannins, such as tannic acid, releasing glucose and gallic acid and stands out in the clarification of wines and juices. Fungi of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium are excellent producers of this enzyme. The search for fungi that produce high levels of tannase as well as new substrates for the enzyme production by the SSF is required.The objectives of this study were to evaluate the production of tannase byAspergillus and Penicillium species through SSF using leaves and agroindustrial waste barbados cherry andmangaba fruit as substrate, select the best producer, optimize production, characterize the crude enzyme extract, and apply it the clarification of grape juice. Selecting the best producer was performed by planning Placket-Burman andRSM.P.montanense showed highest activity with 41.64U/mL after 72 h of fermentation residue using barbados cherry, with 3.5 % tannic acid and 70%moisture.The enzyme showed the highest activity at pH 9.0 and 50∘C.The tannase of P. montanense was stable over a wide pH range and temperature and, when applied to grape juice, showed higher efficiency by reducing 46 % of the tannin content after incubation 120m. 1