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Single Liposome Measurements for the Study of Proton-Pumping Membrane Enzymes Using Electrochemistry and Fluorescent Microscopy
Published on: February 21, 2019
Surfactant as modulating agent of enzyme-loaded liposome activity
M C Annesini1, C M Braguglia, A Memoli
1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rome La Sapienza, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
Large phosphatydilcholine unilamellar vesicles appear to be suitable controlled and protective delivery systems of beta-galactosidase. Kinetic measurements carried out on intact loaded liposomes show that most of the enzyme is entrapped inside the liposomes and its activity is latent. Nevertheless, intact liposomes also show significant activity, which can be controlled by addition of detergent. At sublytic detergent concentrations, liposome enzymatic activity reaches values two or three times greater than those of intact liposomes. This increase seems to be due to membrane structure modification that also enhances the substrate permeability across the bilayer. (c) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 55: 261-266, 1997.
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