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Peroxidases can be purified using ___________

(a) gel filtration

(b) cation exchanger

(c) anion exchanger

(d) affinity chromatography

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Asked question is from Enzymes Purification topic in chapter Enzymes Purification of Enzyme Technology

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Right choice is (c) anion exchanger

Explanation: Peroxidases can be purified using anion exchanger which has Q-sepharose column and the sample is eluted with NaCl gradient of 0.35, 0.4, 0.45 and 0.5 M in Tris-HCl buffer. Cytochrome c is purified by using cation exchanger. Alpha amylase is purified by using gel filtration technique. Acetylcholine esterase is purified by using affinity chromatography.

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