Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 93-100Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.309
Keywords
amyloid; glucose oxidase; cross-linking; glutaraldehyde; PVOH
Funding
- New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology [C02X0804]
- US Defense Threat Reduction Agency [W911NF-07-1-0073]
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Amyloid fibrils are a misfolded state, formed by many proteins when subjected to denaturing conditions. Their constituent amino acids make them ideally suited as a readily functionalized nanoscaffold for enzyme immobilization and their strength, stability, and nanometer size are attractive features for exploitation in the creation of new bionanomaterials. We report successful functionalization of amyloid fibrils by conjugation to glucose oxidase (GOD) rising glutaraldehyde. GOD retained activity upon attachment and successful cross-linking was determined using electrophoresis, centrifugation, sucrose gradient centrifugation, and TEM. The resulting functionalized enzyme scaffold was then incorporated into a model poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) film, to create a new bionanomaterial. The antibacterial effect of the functionalized film was then tested on E. coli, the growth of which was inhibited, demonstrating the incorporation of GOD antibacterial activity into the PVOH film. The incorporation of the GOD functionalized amyloid fibrils into PVOH provides at? excellent 'proof of concept' model for the creation of a new bionanomaterial using a functionalized amyloid fibril scaffold. (C) 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 26: 93100,2010
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