Effect of Concentrated Salts Solutions on the Stability of Immobilized Enzymes: Influence of Inactivation Conditions and Immobilization Protocol

This paper aims to investigate the effects of some salts (NaCl, (NH₄)₂SO₄ and Na₂SO₄) at pH 5.0, 7.0 and 9.0 on the stability of 13 different immobilized enzymes: five lipases, three proteases, two glycosidases, and one laccase, penicillin G acylase and catalase. The enzymes were immobilized to prevent their aggregation. Lipases were immobilized via interfacial activation on octyl agarose or on glutaraldehyde-amino agarose beads, proteases on glyoxyl agarose or glutaraldehyde-amino agarose beads. The use of high concentrations of salts usually has some effects on enzyme stability, but the intensity and nature of these effects depends on the inactivation pH, nature and concentration of the salt, enzyme and immobilization protocol. The same salt can be a stabilizing or a destabilizing agent for a specific enzyme depending on its concentration, inactivation pH and immobilization protocol. Using lipases, (NH₄)₂SO₄ generally permits the highest stabilities (although this is not a universal rule), but using the other enzymes this salt is in many instances a destabilizing agent. At pH 9.0, it is more likely to find a salt destabilizing effect than at pH 7.0. Results confirm the difficulty of foreseeing the effect of high concentrations of salts in a specific immobilized enzyme.     

Comparison of Oxalate Oxidase Enzyme Electrodes for Urinary Oxalate Determinations

Abstract

Enzyme electrodes for oxalate were constructed by immobilizing oxalate oxidase enzyme (E, C, 1,2,3,4) on both potentiometric carbon dioxide and amperometric hydrogen peroxide sensors. These systems were optimized, and the response characteristics of the two biosensors examined in a comparison study. Areas investigated include linear range, calibration curve slope, response time, limit of detection, and lifetime. Selectivity studies were carried out with the system and showed no measurable response to millimolar levels of various L-amino acids, metal ions or ascorbic acid.

This comparison was extended into the choice of an optimal sensor for urinary oxalate determinations with minimal sample pretreatment. The peroxide sensor performed best in urine samples, allowing for the 1:40 dilution necessary to minimize the effect of any interferents present. At this or greater dilution, the recovery of standard additions of oxalate averaged 95.5%, with an average relative standard deviation of 4.9%. The system retained its activity throughout two weeks of continued use.     

Tuning Immobilized Commercial Lipase Preparations Features by Simple Treatment with Metallic Phosphate Salts

Four commercial immobilized lipases biocatalysts have been submitted to modifications with different metal (zinc, cobalt or copper) phosphates to check the effects of this modification on enzyme features. The lipase preparations were Lipozyme^®TL (TLL-IM) (lipase from Thermomyces lanuginose), Lipozyme^®435 (L435) (lipase B from Candida antarctica), Lipozyme^®RM (RML-IM), and LipuraSelect (LS-IM) (both from lipase from Rhizomucor miehei). The modifications greatly altered enzyme specificity, increasing the activity versus some substrates (e.g., TLL-IM modified with zinc phosphate in hydrolysis of triacetin) while decreasing the activity versus other substrates (the same preparation in activity versus R- or S- methyl mandelate). Enantiospecificity was also drastically altered after these modifications, e.g., LS-IM increased the activity versus the R isomer while decreasing the activity versus the S isomer when treated with copper phosphate. Regarding the enzyme stability, it was significantly improved using octyl-agarose-lipases. Using all these commercial biocatalysts, no significant positive effects were found; in fact, a decrease in enzyme stability was usually detected. The results point towards the possibility of a battery of biocatalysts, including many different metal phosphates and immobilization protocols, being a good opportunity to tune enzyme features, increasing the possibilities of having biocatalysts that may be suitable for a specific process.     

交联血管紧张素转化酶聚集体的制备及性质

制备了交联血管紧张素转化酶聚集体（ACE-CLEAs）,比较了ACE-CLEAs及游离ACE的酶学性质,包括最适酶促反应温度、最适pH值、Km、vmax、温度稳定性及pH稳定性等。 以酶活力回收率为参考,确定了制备ACE-CLEAs的最佳条件为：饱和度为80%的(NH4)2SO4溶液作为沉淀剂,沉淀时间0.5 h,质量分数为0.02%的戊二醛作为交联剂,交联时间1 h。 通过比较酶学性质发现,ACE-CLEAs比游离ACE具有更好的温度稳定性及pH稳定性,且与游离ACE接近的Km值表明,ACE-CLEAs对底物的亲和力与游离酶几乎相当。     

Amperometric Enzyme Sensor-Based Enzyme Immunoassay for Factor VIII-Related Antigen

Abstract

The coupling of an enzyme immunoassay for factor VIII-related antigen with a commercial glucose oxidase based amperometric sensor permits the determination of 1.6 to 16 ng of factor XIII-related antigen in human plasma. Further pure amperometric sensors or amperometric enzyme sensors for determination of the main marker-enzymes of enzyme immunoassays are described.     

基于固定化酶的乙酰胆碱酯酶抑制剂体外筛选模型的建立

以可重复使用的固定化酶代替游离态酶, 建立一种基于比色分析的乙酰胆碱酯酶(AChE)抑制剂体外筛选新模型. 采用以氨基化硅胶为载体固定的AChE优化了实验条件, 用AChE抑制剂阳性对照物他克林和毒扁豆碱对该模型进行验证, 还对模型技术参数进行评价, 并将新模型用于单体化合物及天然产物粗提物AChE抑制活性评价. 结果表明, 最佳实验条件为: 固定化酶用量55 μL, 底物浓度5 mmol/L, 甲醇、 乙醇及体积分数不高于6%的二甲基亚砜水溶液均可作为样品溶剂; 模型验证及模型技术参数评价结果良好, 该模型对AChE抑制剂筛选有较好的特异性和灵敏度, 可用于筛选AChE抑制剂. 该模型具有适用性强、 固定化酶可重复使用及结果可靠等优点, 是单体化合物及天然产物粗提物AChE抑制剂活性评价的有效方法.     

Rapid Determination of Dimethoate with a Surface Acoustic Wave Impedance Sensor System

Abstract

Based on the principle of enzyme inhibition, a novel and sensitive lipase biosensor to determine organophosphorus pesticide is presented. Contact of the enzyme with pesticide samples results in specific inhibition of enzyme activity. Sensor calibration was possible by correlating the inhibition of enzyme activity with various concentrations of pesticide compound in a buffer solution. The sensor was successfully used to determine pesticide concentrations ranging from a low of 167ng/ml to 1.34μg/ml, and the detection limit is 81ng/ml. The effects of temperature, pH value, incubation time and solvent were also investigated. The sensor was also applied to the determination of dimethoate residues in the peel and flesh of tomato.     

聚吡咯葡萄糖氧化酶电极的生物电化学响应

采用分步骤合过程，制备了以聚吡咯膜为载体的葡萄糖氧化酶电极，探讨了其生物电化学响应特性，计算了酶催化反应的有关动力学参数。与溶解态酶相比，该电极表现出良好的生物电化学特征，而且酶蛋白对溶液温度的稳定性有显著提高。     

仿酶催化与绿色化学

仿酶催化是绿色化学研究中的一个重要课题。本文简要论述了仿酶催化研究的一些新进展,包括功能环糊精和桥联环糊精仿酶研究、双核铜酶的模拟、咪唑环番仿酶新体系、手性金属胶束体系以及新型手性口恶唑硼烷化学酶。     

Trypsin-like enzyme fromStreptomyces 771

Electrophoretically homogenous proteolytic enzyme with molecular weight 31,500 and pI 3.75 was obtained from a culture medium ofStreptomyces 771 by chromatography onN-benzyl chitin adsorbent, subsequent chromatography on CM-cellulose, and preparative isofocusing and chromatography on Sephadex G-75. The enzyme hydrolyzesN- benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilideN-benzoyl-DL-lysine-p-nitro-anilideN-benzoyl-DL-arginine ethyl ester, and Na-caseinate. It also exhibits pronounced thrombolytic activity. The activity of the enzyme was suppressed by soya bean inhibitor, but remained unaffected by chelating agents and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride. The enzyme was immobilized on aldehyde dextran, and some kinetic parameters of the immobilized enzyme were determined. The thrombolytic activity of native and immobilized enzyme was studied as well.     

Natural‐Product Sugar Biosynthesis and Enzymatic Glycodiversification

Many biologically active small‐molecule natural products produced by microorganisms derive their activities from sugar substituents. Changing the structures of these sugars can have a profound impact on the biological properties of the parent compounds. This realization has inspired attempts to derivatize the sugar moieties of these natural products through exploitation of the sugar biosynthetic machinery. This approach requires an understanding of the biosynthetic pathway of each target sugar and detailed mechanistic knowledge of the key enzymes. Scientists have begun to unravel the biosynthetic logic behind the assembly of many glycosylated natural products and have found that a core set of enzyme activities is mixed and matched to synthesize the diverse sugar structures observed in nature. Remarkably, many of these sugar biosynthetic enzymes and glycosyltransferases also exhibit relaxed substrate specificity. The promiscuity of these enzymes has prompted efforts to modify the sugar structures and alter the glycosylation patterns of natural products through metabolic pathway engineering and enzymatic glycodiversification. In applied biomedical research, these studies will enable the development of new glycosylation tools and generate novel glycoforms of secondary metabolites with useful biological activity.     

新型含硫半抗原的晶体结构、构象分析及其电性研究

分析了一种新设计的含硫半抗原N-苯甲酰牛磺酰基苯丙氨酸的晶体结构,确证了其中的S原子为四面体构型,可以用来模拟酰胺键水解的过渡态,并且发现了几个分子间氢键.运用分子力学程序MOLGEN对此化合物进行了优化,并与含P半抗原进行了比较.然后又比较了N_S_C键和N_P_C键的旋转构象分析图,发现N_S_C键只有一个低能构象.最后用MOPAC程序(AM1参数)计算了S原子周围的电荷分布.发现S原子周围的电荷分布与P原子周围的电荷分布相似.     

Exploiting Protein Symmetry To Design Light‐Controllable Enzyme Inhibitors

The activity of the metabolic branch‐point enzyme PriA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtPriA) can be controlled reversibly by light. Two‐pronged inhibitors based on the dithienylethene scaffold were designed utilizing mtPriA’s natural rotational symmetry. Switching from the flexible, ring‐open to the rigid, ring‐closed isomer reduces inhibition activity by one order of magnitude.     

Immobilization of Cytochrome P-450 and its Application in Ehzikb Electrodes

Abstract

For application in enzyme electrodes liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 was immobilized in a membraneous form. The immobilization yielded 60% of activity and did not impair the functional stability of the enzyme. By coimmobilization of glucose oxidase with P-450 the cofactor NADPH could be replaced by H₂O₂ formed from the enzymatic glucose oxidation. Fixed to a graphite electrode the obtained preparations were employed for quantitative substrate analysis. The P-450 substrate aniline was measured by anodic oxidation of its hydroqlation product at +250mV. A linear dependence of: the current on aniline concentration up to 0.5mM was obtained.