Protein access module

Recover functional proteins from the same biomass that feeds the polymer and fibre lines. Yield and purity respond to lysis, pH, temperature and the number of purification stages.

Protein isolate

408.37 kg

per cycle

Purity

90.51%

SDS-PAGE equivalent

pH efficiency

97.53%

optimum pH 8.0

Thermal efficiency

99.45%

optimum 37 °C

Isolate value

$9800.97

$24 / kg

Accessible targets

3

in library

Recovery train

  1. 01Feedstock (algae)
    1,776.6 kg DM

    linked from upstream pipeline

  2. 02Cell lysis / disruption
    661.96 kg crude

    81% disruption

  3. 03Alkaline solubilisation
    642.04 kg

    pH 8.2 @ 38°C

  4. 04Purification (3 stages)
    408.37 kg isolate

    63.61% cumulative recovery

Accessible targets

ProteinMW (kDa)pIApplication
C-Phycocyanin2324.8Natural pigment, fluorescent probe
RuBisCO5505.9Food-grade protein isolate
Allophycocyanin1044.6Diagnostics, immunoassay