Production and characterization of intracellular invertase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (OL629078.1), using cassava-soybean as a cost-effective substrate.

The growing global market for industrial enzymes has led to a constant search for efficient, cost-effective methods for their production. This study reports the production of invertase using inexpensive and readily available agro-materials. Starch-digesting enzymes extracted from malted unkilned sorghum were used to hydrolyze cassava starch supplemented with 2% whole soybean.

Intracellular invertase hyperproducing strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from Abagboro palm wine.

There is an ever-increasing demand for industrial enzyme, necessitating a constant search for its efficient producers. The isolation and characterization of invertase producer yeasts from natural palm wine is reported in this study. Yeasts were isolated from fresh palm wine obtained from Abagboro community Ile-Ife, Nigeria following standard methods.