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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 114, Issue 15, Pages 3821-3825Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1618807114
Keywords
emulsion; enzyme; assay; sensor; lenses
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- Army Research Office through the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
- F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Fellowship [GM106550]
- Internship Program of Tianjin University in World-leading Universities
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In this paper, we describe an approach to measuring enzyme activity based on the reconfiguration of complex emulsions. Changes in the morphology of these complex emulsions, driven by enzyme-responsive surfactants, modulate the transmission of light through a sample. Through this method we demonstrate how simple photodetector measurements may be used to monitor enzyme kinetics. This approach is validated by quantitative measurements of enzyme activity for three different classes of enzymes (amylase, lipase, and sulfatase), relying on two distinct mechanisms for coupling droplet morphology to enzyme activity (host-guest interactions with uncaging and molecular cleavage).
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