Enzymatic Hydrolysis Conditions for Egg White Proteins

The enzymatic hydrolysis of proteins in egg white by Alcalase was systematically studied through dual quadratic rotary, orthogonal and regressive design. The optimum conditions of hydrolysis were determined. The results showed that the optimum temperature was 68.5℃, pH 8.21 at the substrate concentration of 5.5%. The regression equation, Y=42.6994+0.3344X1+7.53X2-0.0086X1X2-0.001X21-0.4726X22 (Y-nitrogen recovery rate, NR; X1-enzyme concentration /substrate concentration, E/S; X2-hydrolytic time), was established to reveal the relationship between enzyme concentration and hydrolytic time with respect to the same NR. All these were fit to pilotscale experiment