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Entrapment of glucoamylase by sol-gel technique in PhTES/TEOS hybrid matrixes

VLAD-OROS, BEATRICE and PREDA, GABRIELA and Dudás, Zoltán Imre (2007) Entrapment of glucoamylase by sol-gel technique in PhTES/TEOS hybrid matrixes. PROCESSING AND APPLICATION OF CERAMICS, 1 (1-2). pp. 63-67. ISSN 1820-6131

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Abstract

Mesoporous silica particles were prepared by the sol-gel method from different alkoxysilane precursors and used as a host matrix for encapsulation of glucoamylase, an enzyme widely used in fermentative industry. The aim was to investigate the physico-chemical properties of the different silica powders and their effect on the enzyme kinetics. The encapsulated enzymes followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The Michaelis constant (KM) and the maximum rate of starch hydrolysis reaction (Vmax) were calculated according to the Michaelis-Menten and Lineweaver-Burke plots. The values of the Michaelis constant (KM) of the encapsulated enzymes were higher than those of the free enzyme. The temperature and pH infl uence on the activity of free and immobilized glucoamylase were also compared. The results of this study show that the enzymes immobilized in organic/inorganic hybrid silica matrixes (obtained by the sol-gel method), allowing the entrapped glucoamylase to retain its biological activity, are suitable for many different applications, (medicinal, clinical, analytical).

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QD Chemistry / kémia
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2013 15:08
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2013 15:12
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/8226

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