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. 2016 Jun 23;6(2):144. doi: 10.1007/s13205-016-0463-1

Table 2.

Effects of PEG molar mass (M PEG), PEG concentration (C PEG), citrate concentration (C C) and pH on partition coefficient (K), top activity yield (Y), purification factor in the top phase (PF), selectivity (S) using 24 experimental design to xylanase extraction by PEG/citrate ATPS

Run M aPEG C bPEG Ccc pH K d Y e PFf Sg
A1 1000 20 15 6.0 27.20 268.01 7.16 185.25
A2 8000 20 15 6.0 9.66 183.03 6.05 83.04
A3 1000 24 15 6.0 35.98 265.12 5.36 208.14
A4 8000 24 15 6.0 19.28 220.00 4.00 95.91
A5 1000 20 20 6.0 47.15 192.73 3.27 146.06
A6 8000 20 20 6.0 31.41 163.59 1.13 5.52
A7 1000 24 20 6.0 38.49 184.92 3.66 138.71
A8 8000 24 20 6.0 44.44 179.17 4.88 293.33
A9 1000 20 15 8.0 45.27 229.94 6.51 286.69
A10 8000 20 15 8.0 24.39 198.47 6.68 218.78
A11 1000 24 15 8.0 28.68 205.94 3.38 105.20
A12 8000 24 15 8.0 20.62 192.35 2.44 67.42
A13 1000 20 20 8.0 37.87 160.77 3.94 135.58
A14 8000 20 20 8.0 28.10 181.54 4.65 128.86
A15 1000 24 20 8.0 30.23 154.14 2.05 67.48
A16 8000 24 20 8.0 50.78 207.08 2.50 108.60
A17 3350 22 17.5 7.0 24.31 207.10 7.20 203.35
A18 3350 22 17.5 7.0 21.56 184.27 4.91 141.84
A19 3350 22 17.5 7.0 22.86 199.04 5.58 152.38
A20 3350 22 17.5 7.0 28.96 239.34 5.81 231.20

aPEG molar mass (g mol−1), b PEG concentration (%), c citrate concentration (%), d partition coefficient, e top activity yield (%), f purification factor in the top phase, g selectivity