Biomolecular materials based on sol-gel encapsulated proteins |
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Authors: | Jeffrey I. Zink Stacey A. Yamanaka Lisa M. Ellerby Joan S. Valentine Fumito Nishida Bruce Dunn |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 90024 Los Angeles, CA, USA;(2) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, 90024 Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | The proteins copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD), cytochrome c, myoglobin, hemoglobin, and bacterio-rhodopsin are encapsulated in stable, optically transparent, porous, silica glass matrices prepared by the sol-gel method such that the biomolecules retain their characteristic reactivities and spectroscopic properties. The resulting glasses allow transport of small molecules into and out of the glasses at reasonable rates but retain the protein molecules within their pores. The transparency of the glasses enables the chemical reactions of the immobilized proteins to be monitored by means of changes in their visible absorption spectra. Silica glasses containing the immobilized proteins have similar reactivities and spectroscopic properties to those found for the proteins in solution. The enzymes glucose oxidase and peroxidase were also encapsulated in transparent silica glass matrices. Upon exposure to glucose solutions, a colored glass is formed that can be used as the active element in a solid state optically based glucose sensor. |
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Keywords: | biomaterials proteins sensor spectroscopy in gels |
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