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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC
Volume 16, Issue 3-4, Pages 141-146Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1381-1177(01)00053-4
Keywords
alpha-chymotrypsin; immobilization; stability; organic solvents; additives
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The effect of different polyols (glucose, sorbitol or polyethylene glycol) on the stability of soluble and different covalently immobilized alpha -chymotrypsin forms in aqueous-organic solvent (ethanol, dioxane or acetonitrile) systems were investigated. Generally, immobilization resulted in remarkable improvement of the stability of the enzyme in aqueous-organic media: while immobilized forms retained 80-85, 70-90 or 30-60% of their initial activity in 50% (v/v) ethanol, dioxane or acetonitrile, respectively, the soluble enzyme showed only about 13, 35 or 2% remaining activity in the above aqueous-organic mixtures, respectively (after 60 min preincubation). Further improvement was found in the stability by the addition of polyhydroxy compounds. This effect depended on the feature of the support and the organic solvent. The most explicit increase in the stability was observed when the enzyme was immobilized on a silica-based support (Silochrome activated with p-benzoquinone) in aqueous-acetonitrile mixtures, where the activity of alpha -chymotrypsin was enhanced about 1.5-2 times by the addition of sorbitol or glucose as compared with its control. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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