Provided is the large-scale preparation of a high-purity hydrolyzed colanic acid or a salt thereof. The method comprises: 1) adding a solution containing a colanic acid or a salt thereof to a colanic acid degradation
enzyme comprising an
amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or having at least 90%
sequence identity thereto; and 2) performing an
enzyme termination reaction, wherein the termination in step 2) is achieved by means of a termination agent, a boiling water bath and / or an ice bath, wherein the termination agent is selected from one or more of
activated carbon, absolute
ethanol,
methanol, EDTA,
trichloroacetic acid and
sodium carbonate, and preferably,
activated carbon is used to achieve the termination in step 2), so as to obtain the hydrolyzed colanic acid or a salt thereof. The molecular structure of the hydrolyzed
sodium colanate prepared by the provided method features
acetylation and
pyruvic acid modification. Moreover, the preparation conditions are mild, the production cost is low,
continuous production can be achieved, and
industrial scale-up is easily implemented. The prepared hydrolyzed
sodium colanate has the characteristics of high purity and low endotoxin residue, and has potential and broad application value in fields such as
cosmetics, medical devices, and
oligosaccharide drugs.