Capsaicin Synthase

Purification and Characterization of Capsaicin Synthase

Presenter: Ankit Patel

Co-Presenter(s):
Kendall Watkins

Presenter Status: Undergraduate student

Academic Year: 19-20

Semester: Spring

Department: Chemistry

Screenshot URL: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1F0sx60-jtsDMQlelRuHyWPuq0WbWtsxy

Abstract:
In this project the goal is to extract the enzyme capsaicin synthase from the species Capsicum Chinese, "habenero". The purification will be done using a series of isolation techniques such as salting, size exclusion chromatography and affinity chromatography. The characterization of the enzyme will be done using an assay specfic to pur enzyme. The end goal is to show purfication and kinetics of the enzyme.