Isolation, Purification & Characterization of Pectin Methylesterase from Prickly Pear

Presenter: Carla Cañada

Co-Presenter(s):
Sienna Woods, Ulysses Vega

Presenter Status: Undergraduate student

Academic Year: 22-23

Semester: Spring

Faculty Mentor: Monica Lares

Department: Chemistry

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Abstract:
Our research involves a series of purification steps of the enzyme “pectinestarse.” In order to isolate the enzyme it went through a total of 4 different purification steps. This enzyme was derived directly from a prickly pear and the end goal of this experiment was to test for its enzyme activity.