Table 4.Overview of various biochemical properties (molecular weight, optimum pH and temperature and pI values etc.) of selected lipases produced by yeasts.

Yeast

MW in kD

PH optima

Stable pH range

Tº optima

Reference

Arxulaadeninivorans

50

7.5

-

30ºC

Boer et al. 2005

Candida albicans ATCC 36082

38

-

-

-

Fu et al. 1997
Hube et al. 2000

Candida antarctica

33

-

-

 

Høegh et al. 1995
Rotticci et al. 2001

Candida cylindracea L1754

L1- 58
L2- 58

-

5.8 - 6.8

-

Veeraragavan and Gibbs, 1989

Candida. Cylindracea
Commercial preparation

LA-62
LB- 62
LC-62

7.0

5.0

-

-

Shaw and Chang, 1989

Candida. rugosa ATCC 14380

60

5.0

-

-

Lotti et al. 1993

Candida. rugosa DMS 2031

Lip A-64
LipB- 62
LipC- 60

7.8
7.8
7.8

-

35 - 40ºC

Benjamin and Pandey, 2001

Geotrichumcandidum link

55

5.6 - 7.0

4.2 - 9.8

40ºC

Tsujisaka et al. 1973

Geotrichumcandidum
ATCC 34614

Lip 1 56
Lip2 56

6.8
6.0

6.8 - 8.0

-

Veeraragavan et al. 1990

Kluyveromyces lactis

160-250

2.0 - 7.5

-

-

Oishi et al. 1999

Kurtzmanomyces sp. I-11

49

1.9 - 7.2

below 7.1

75ºC

Kakugawa et al. 2002

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

63

 

 

 

Oishi et al. 1999

Yrrowia .lipolytica
(formally Saccharomycopsis lipolytica, Candida lipolytica)

Lip 1-39
Lip-44

8.2
8.0

4.5 - 8.0

37ºC

Ota et al. 1982

Trichosporonfermentans
WU-C12

Lip 1-53
Lip2- 55

5.5

4.0 - 8.0

40ºC

Arai et al. 1997

Trichosporonasteroides

37

5.0

3.0 - 10.0

50ºC

Dharmsthiti and Ammaranond, 1997


a: 146 hrs of culture.
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