Cellulase Enzyme Production From Rice Straw Using Solid State Fermentation and Fungi Aspergillus niger ITBCC L74

¹ Master of Chemical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Indonesia, 50275
² Chemical Engineering Deparment, Diponegoro University, Indonesia, 50275

^* Corresponding author: maftukhah_tuchah@yahoo.com

Abstract

Rice straw is one of very abundant waste of agricultural and has not utilized maximally. This waste contain cellulose and potential in the manufacture of cellulase enzymes. Research on the production of cellulase enzyme from lignocellulose has been done a lot of enzyme activity is still low. This research using cellulose is 71.95% and conducted with 6 stages. First, the preparation of raw material. Second, the decrease of lignin content with alkali pretreatment. Third, the breeding of fungi Aspergillus niger ITBCC L74 . Fourth, incubation in the inoculum. Fifth, the production of cellulase enzyme by solid fermentation method. Finally, the analysis includes protein content, enzyme activity, enzyme characterization and kinetics of enzymatic reactions. The highest enzyme activity of this study is 3.12 U/ml and protein content is 0.34 mg/ml with fermentation time is 4 day and water content is 75%. In enzyme characterization obtained optimum pH and temperature are 4 and 60°C, respectively. And obtained paramatic kinetic are V_max and K_m for 40, 50, 60 and 70°C temperature are V_max: 6.42; 4.7; 5.82 and 4.46 U/ml and K_m : 1.32; 0.38; 0.32; and 0.12%, respectively.