Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 72, Issue -, Pages 1176-1181Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.10.029
Keywords
Actinidin; Immobilization; Gold nanorods; Thermal stability; Extreme pHs
Funding
- University of Hormozgan
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Immobilization of actinidin was carried out by ionic exchange and hydrophobic interactions on gold nanorods synthesized via sequential seed-mediated growth method. The optimum temperature of actinidin increased from 40 to 60 degrees C and its optimum pH was shifted from 7 to 8.5 upon immobilization. The kinetic parameters, K-m and k(cat), were found to be 12.5 mu M and 29.2(s-1) for free and 15.92 mu M and 20.74 s(-1) for immobilized actinidin, respectively. Immobilization process caused significant enhancement of shelf-life stability and resistance against the inhibitory effects of various bivalent metal ions with respect to actinidin. Enzymes show higher functionality than the free form when incubated for long time (1 h) at 80 degrees C and at extreme pH values (3 and 12). The reasons of this enhanced stability of immobilized actinidin are discussed. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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