and loaded on an Octyl-Sepharose column. Hydrophobic
interaction (Octyl-Sepharose) chromatography resulted in
a highly homogeneous protein (Fig. 1) possessing speciWc
activity of 1.98Umg¡1 and 76.4-fold puriWcation. The puri-
Wed lipase showed presence of a distinct band of approximately
103 kDa on 10% SDS–PAGE (Fig. 2) as analyzed
by AlphaDigi Doc System (USA).