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Published on: July 11, 2012
Immobilization and stabilization of different β-glucosidases using the glutaraldehyde chemistry: Optimal protocol
Diandra de Andrades1, Natália G Graebin1, Marina Kimiko Kadowaki2
1Biotechnology, Bioprocess, and Biocatalysis Group, Food Science and Technology Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, PO Box 15090, ZC 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Abstract:
Three β-glucosidases (Pectinex Ultra SP-L, Pectinex Ultra Clear and homemade preparation from Aspergillus niger) were immobilized using different strategies: ionic adsorption on aminated (MANAE)-agarose beads at pH 5, 7, and 9, followed by biocatalysts modification with glutaraldehyde, or on glutaraldehyde pre-activated supports. The pH of the immobilization was altered to allow different enzyme molecule orientations on the support surface. The biocatalysts from Pectinex Ultra SP-L showed the highest thermal and operational stabilities when immobilized on MANAE-agarose-glutaraldehyde at pH 7. The β-glucosidase from Pectinex Ultra Clear and from A. niger produced best results when immobilized on MANAE-agarose beads at pH 5 and 7, respectively, which was later treated with glutaraldehyde. The best immobilization results using pre-activated supports were observed for the enzyme present in Pectinex Ultra SP-L, to which the highest thermal stabilities were obtained. Remarkably, the enzyme from A. niger, immobilized on MANAE-agarose at pH 9 and subsequently treated with glutaraldehyde, produced the highest stabilization (approximately 560 times more stable than soluble enzyme at 60 °C). Results showed that optimal protocol for β-glucosidases immobilizations using the glutaraldehyde chemistry must be individually tested and tailored to each type of enzyme.
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