生物酶技术在农药残留快速检测中的应用

介绍了4种应用于农药残留检测的生物酶技术类型、原理及相关研究进展,主要包括微生物降解技术、酶抑制技术、酶联免疫吸附技术及酶免疫放大技术.分析并探讨了这些技术的优点及存在的不足,对今后生物酶技术快速检测农药残留工作进行了展望.生物酶技术应用在农药残留检测具有简便、快速、灵敏等优点,有着广阔的应用前景,对人类健康及环境保护具有深远的意义.     

植物酯酶法检测有机磷农药残留量研究

对植物酯酶作为抑制剂检测有机磷农药的体系进行了研究，采用均匀设计法优化了检测条件；对可能影响酶活的干扰因素进行了分析；比较了7种有机磷农药对酶的抑制作用；建立了利用植物酯酶检测有机磷农药的方法，并应用于蔬菜样品中有机磷残留量检测。     

用于农药残留检测的酶生物传感器

酶生物传感器在农药残留检测方面具有传统检测方法不可比拟的优势.本文介绍了胆碱酯酶和有机磷水解酶在生物传感器中的应用,重点介绍了用于有机磷等农药残留分析的酶生物传感器的种类和研究现状,讨论了几种酶固定化方法存在的优势和局限,指出了目前研究需解决的问题并展望了未来的发展方向.     

用薄层-植物酶抑制技术测定甲胺磷残留量

利用酶抑制技术检测微量有机磷农药,一般均采用牛、鼠、羊、兔、猴、鸡、猪等动物酶源,鉴于植物种子、根、茎、叶、花、果实中含有的水解酶,同动物酯酶一样,其活力亦能被有机磷所抑制,作者摸索了面粉等植物酶在薄层板上进行酶化学反应来检测甲胺磷残留量的可行性,结果令人满意。 1.方法原理:甲胺磷在薄层板上被展开后,喷洒植物酶溶液,在斑点部位植物酶被农药抑制,而在斑点之外,酶的活性未被抑制,生成了基质水解产物,与特定试剂呈现有色反应,因此,在喷洒基质溶液后,斑点是白色,而背景显玫瑰红色。     

我国急需发展食品快速检测技术

今年2月,海南“毒豇豆事件”暴露出果蔬农残快速检测技术的缺陷。我国目前普遍使用的农残速测法是酶抑制法。酶抑制法快速检测技术为什么让高毒农药一再漏网？快速检测技术在食品安全领域的发展前景究竟如何？     

用于测量农药残留的小麦酯酶的选择

为研制探测农药残留的生物传感器，研究了农药乐果[O,O-二甲基S－（N－甲基胺基甲酰甲戎）二硫代磷酸酯]对各种小麦植物酯酶的抑制，从小麦中提取植物酶，以农药乐果为抑制剂，采用分光光度法研究了乐果对各种小麦酯酶活性的影响；研究显示，不同品种小麦酯酶对农药乐果的敏感度不同，在所研究的品种中，豫麦39和小麦周9对乐果较敏感，研究结果说明了选择小麦酶源的必要性。     

电动流动分析和酶抑制法测定池塘水中农药残留折合总量

用电动流动分析和酶抑制法测定池塘水中有机磷和氨基甲酸酯农药残留折合总量。电动流动分析系统由一台自制电渗泵和4个电磁切换阀组成,由计算机编程控制。酶抑制法用面粉酯酶,有机磷和氨基甲酸酯农药作酶抑制剂,底物的酶解产物与显色剂反应,用分光光度计在524 nm检测。有机磷和氨基甲酸酯农药的折合浓度对数线性范围为0.02~0.20 mg/L乐果,检出限为0.01 mg/L乐果,每小时可测24个样品。氨基甲酸酯在80℃完全水解,而有机磷部分水解,据此可判断农药类别。     

植物酯酶应用于有机磷农药残留分析技术的研究进展

有机磷农药残留在食品中,进入人体危害人类健康.因此,快速而灵敏的检测技术是预防农药残留危害的前提条件.而酶抑制技术正是一项快速检验技术.本文作者介绍了农药残留分析的现状,详细分析了植物酯酶应用于农药残留分析技术的研究进展.     

植物酶催化光度法测定痕量甲胺磷的初步研究

对植物酶催化酯类检测痕量有机磷农药残留量的方法进行了初步研究。在乙酸-乙酸钠的缓冲体系中,应用植物淀粉酶促进α-乙酸萘酯分解生成α-萘酚,甲胺磷农药抑制淀粉酶的活性,淀粉酶的活性随甲胺磷浓度增加而降低,α-乙酸萘酯分解生成的α-萘酚量也减少,以FeCl3指示反应,反应生成一种紫色络合物,利用该反应对甲胺磷进行定量测定。确定了反应的最佳条件,方法已应用于蔬菜表面甲胺磷残留量的分析。     

双氧水活化-面粉酶抑制法测定蔬菜中有机磷农药

基于α-乙酸萘酯和固蓝B在面粉酶的催化作用下生成紫红色的偶氮化合物,而有机磷农药在双氧水的活化下会抑制酶的催化作用,其抑制程度与农药的浓度在一定范围内呈线性关系,由此建立了一种快速测定有机磷农药的方法。探讨了最佳的反应条件,测定甲基对硫磷和甲胺磷的线性范围分别为1~10μg/mL,1~50μg/mL,最低检出限分别为0.1136μg/mL,0.3525μg/mL。该法具有试剂廉价易得、操作简便、迅速的特点,适合果蔬中常见有机磷农药的快速检测。     

Enzyme inhibition and activation: A general theory

The rate of an enzymatic reaction may be changed by a moderator. Usually, the effect is to reduce the rate, and this is called inhibition. Sometimes the rate of enzyme reaction is raised, and this is called activation. Not only enzyme activation is subject of a less detailed presentation, but also enzyme inhibition and activation are very often discussed independently in enzymology. I attempt to introduce a general model of enzyme inhibition and activation to allow one to interpret inhibition and activation from a mechanistic or physical perspective using the significance of cooperativity as a new approach. The magnitude of interaction between substrate and inhibitor binding sites is given by the α parameter and the magnitude of increasing catalytic reaction constant is given by the β parameter, which both parameter values characterize the type of inhibition and activation. The moderation of mushroom tyrosinse is described by application of the model as a typical.     

Capillary electrophoresis integrated immobilized enzyme reactor for kinetic and inhibition assays of β‐secretase as the Alzheimer's disease drug target

Capillary electrophoresis integrated immobilized enzyme reactors are becoming an increasingly popular alternative for enzyme kinetic and inhibition assays thanks to their unique set of features including cost effectiveness, repeated use of the enzyme, minuscule sample consumption, rapid analysis time and easy automation. In this work we present the development and application of a capillary electrophoresis integrated immobilized enzyme reactor based on magnetic particles for kinetic and inhibition studies of β‐secretase, a key enzyme in the development of Alzheimer's disease and a promising drug target. We document the optimization of the immobilization procedure, characterization of immobilized β‐secretase, optimization of a mutually compatible incubation protocol and separation method as well as the production of the capillary electrophoresis integrated immobilized enzyme reactor. The applicability of the capillary electrophoresis integrated immobilized enzyme reactor was demonstrated by kinetic assay with an unlabelled substrate and by inhibition assays using three structurally different reference inhibitors. The resulting kinetic and inhibition parameters clearly support the applicability of the herein presented method as well as document the fundamental phenomena which need to be taken in account when comparing the results to other methods.     

High temporal resolution monitoring of enzyme reaction and inhibition using optically gated vacancy capillary electrophoresis and immobilized enzyme

A novel method for monitoring of enzyme reaction and inhibition with high temporal resolution was developed by using optically gated vacancy capillary electrophoresis (OGVCE) with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection and immobilized enzyme. Trypsin cleavage reaction and inhibition were investigated by the presented OGVCE-LIF assay, using carboxyfluorescein (FAM) end-labeled Angiotensin as the substrate and commercially available immobilized trypsin. The substrate and the product were continuously loaded into the capillary by the electroosmotic flow while the immobilized enzyme remained in the sample vial. Substrate consumption and product formation were monitored simultaneously at 5 s interval during the whole reaction time. The enzymatic reaction rates obtained from the substrate and the product were highly consistent. The enzyme activity and the Michaelis constants of trypsin cleavage reaction, as well as the inhibition constant (for reversible competitive inhibitor) and the inhibition fraction (for irreversible inhibitor), were obtained. It was showed that the reported OGVCE-LIF method can perform fast, accurate, sensitive and reproducible CE enzyme assay with high temporal resolution, thus has great potential in application of the enzyme-substrate systems with fast reaction rate and the fluorescent substrate and products.     

The utility of cyclodextrins in lipase-catalyzed transesterification in organic solvents: enhanced reaction rate and enantioselectivity

The use of enzymes as valuable catalysts in organic solvents has been well documented. However, some of their features limit their application in organic synthesis, especially the frequently lower enzyme activity under nonaqueous conditions, which constitutes a major drawback in the application of enzymes in organic solvents. In addition, many enzymatic reactions are subject to substrate or product inhibition, leading to a decrease in the reaction rate and enantioselectivity. To overcome these drawbacks and to make enzymes more appealing to organic chemists, we demonstrate the use of cyclodextrins as regulators for the Pseudomonas cepacia lipase (PSL) and macrocyclic additives to enhance the reaction rate and enantioselectivity E in lipase-catalyzed enantioselective transesterification of 1-(2-furyl)ethanol in organic solvents. Both reaction rate and enantioselectivity were significantly enhanced by several orders of magnitude when using co-lyophilized lipase in the presence of cyclodextrins. The effect of cyclodextrin derivatives as well as solvents on the improvement of the reaction parameters has been studied. The observed enhancement was tentatively interpreted in terms of their ability to give a certain flexibility to the enzyme and to form a host-guest complex, thus avoiding product inhibition and leading to enhancement of the reaction rate and enantioselectivity. The effect of cyclodextrin additives on the enzyme morphology has been studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) of the co-lyophilized lipase with cyclodextrins. The ability of cyclodextrins to form a host-guest complex to avoid product inhibition, which leads to the observed enhancement, has been proved by NOESY, COSY, 13C and 1H NMR.     

On‐plate enzyme and inhibition assay of glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase using thin‐layer chromatography

We performed on‐plate enzyme and inhibition assays of glucose 6‐phosphate dehydrogenase using thin‐layer chromatography. The assays were accomplished based on different retardation factors of the substrates, enzyme, and products. All the necessary steps were integrated on‐plate in one developing process, including substrate/enzyme mixing, reaction starting, and quenching as well as product separation. In order to quantitatively measure the enzyme reaction, the developed plate was then densitometrically evaluated to determine the peak area of the product. Rapid and high‐throughput assays were achieved by loading different substrate spots and/or enzyme (and inhibition) spots in different tracks on the plate. The on‐plate enzyme assay could be finished in a developing time of only 4 min, with good track‐to‐track and plate‐to‐plate repeatability. Moreover, we determined the K_m values of the enzyme reaction and K_i values of the inhibition (Pb²⁺ Cd²⁺ and Cu²⁺ as inhibitors), as well as the corresponding kinetics using the on‐plate assay. Taken together, our method expanded the application of thin‐layer chromatography in enzyme assays, and it could be potentially used in research fields for rapid and quantitative measurement of enzyme activity and inhibition.     

Enzymatic Ugi Reaction with Amines and Cyclic Imines

The application of the Ugi reaction to the construction of new peptide scaffolds is an important goal of organic chemistry. To date, there are no examples of the Ugi reaction being performed with a cyclic imine and amine simultaneously. The application of 2‐substituted cyclic imines in an enzymatic three‐component Ugi‐type reaction provides an elegant and attractive synthesis of substituted pyrrolidine and piperidine derivatives in up to 60 % yield. Results on studies of the selection of an enzyme, amount of water, and solvent used in a novel three‐component Ugi reaction and the limitations thereof are reported herein. The presented methodology exploiting enzyme promiscuity in the multicomponent reaction fulfills the requirements associated with green chemistry. Several methods, such as isotope labeling and enzyme inhibition, were used to probe the possible mechanism of this complex synthesis. This research is the first example of an enzyme‐catalyzed Ugi‐type reaction with an imine, amine, and isocyanide.     

Interaction of peptides with graphene oxide and its application for real-time monitoring of protease activity

We have developed a novel graphene-based biosensing platform using peptides as probe biomolecules, and demonstrated its feasibility in the application of real-time monitoring of protease activity based on FRET between GO and dye-labeled peptides. This assay allows the rapid and accurate determination of enzyme kinetic parameters as well as inhibition constants.     

Advances in photolithographically fabricated ENFET membranes

A photolithographically fabricated membrane for enzyme immobilisation based on an Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistor (ISFET) is described. The preparation of an Enzyme-FET (ENFET) containing urease was successful. The ENFET has been used for the determination of urea and pesticides; this depends on the chosen enzyme level in the membrane and can be employed in a flow-injection system. The urea sensitive sensor (high enzyme load) has a wide linear range (1–500 mmol/l) a fast response (t₉₅=20 s) and a lifetime greater than 30 days. The application of this sensor to the determination of urea in the waste water from a fertilizer plant and in blood serum is discussed. The second sensor (low enzyme level) was able to detect pesticides in water based on the inhibition of urease. The detection limit was found to be 0.1 µg/l for Carbofuran (10 minutes incubation time, without preconcentration).     

Self-assembly of acetylcholinesterase on gold nanoparticles electrodeposited on graphite

The immobilisation of AChE enzyme through chemisorption on Au-modified graphite was examined with view of its prospective application in the design of membraneless electrochemical biosensors for the assay of enzyme inhibitors. The developed immobilisation protocol has been based on a two-stage procedure, comprising i) electrodeposition of gold nanostructures on spectroscopic graphite; followed by ii) chemisorption of the enzyme onto gold nanoparticles. Both the coverage of the electrode surface with Au nanostructures and the conditions for enzyme immobilisation were optimised. The proposed electrode architecture together with the specific type of enzyme immobilisation allow for a long-term retaining of the enzyme catalytic activity. The extent of inhibition of the immobilised acetylcholinesterase enzyme by the organophosphorous compound monocrotophos has been found to depend linearly on its concentration over the range from 50 to 400 nmol mL^?1 with sensitivity 77.2% inhibition per 1 µmol mL^?1 of monocrotophos.      

Sulfonyl fluorides as privileged warheads in chemical biology

Sulfonyl fluoride electrophiles have found significant utility as reactive probes in chemical biology and molecular pharmacology. As warheads they possess the right balance of biocompatibility (including aqueous stability) and protein reactivity. Their functionality is privileged in this regard as they are known to modify not only reactive serines (resulting in their common use as protease inhibitors), but also context-specific threonine, lysine, tyrosine, cysteine and histidine residues. This review describes the application of sulfonyl fluoride probes across various areas of research and explores new approaches that could further enhance the chemical biology toolkit. We believe that sulfonyl fluoride probes will find greater utility in areas such as covalent enzyme inhibition, target identification and validation, and the mapping of enzyme binding sites, substrates and protein–protein interactions.