“…One of the methods to overcome this problem is using aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) for protein purification, because of their ability to extract macromolecules without deactivating them, the ease of scale-up and usually high activity yields and partitioning coefficients (Diamond and Hsu, 1989;Silvério et al, 2012). Aqueous two-phase systems consist of two non-miscible aqueous phases, which are formed when two mutually immiscible polymers, or a polymer with a salt, an alcohol and a salt, an ionic liquid and a salt, or two surfactants solutions are introduced into the system (Salabat et al, 2010).…”