Use of polyelectrolyte complex-stabilized calcium alginate gel for entrapment of beta-amylase |
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Authors: | Kokufuta E Shimizu N Tanaka H Nakamura I |
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Institution: | Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Sakura-mura, Niihari-gun, Ibaraki 305, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Calcium alginate gel stabilized with a polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) consisting of potassium poly(vinyl alcohol) sulfate (KPVS) and trimethylammonium glycol chitosan iodide (TGCI) was used for the immobilization of beta-amylase. The immobilization was made by gelling aqueous droplets of enzyme solution including both sodium alginate and KPVS in a CaCl(2) solution containing TGCI. The activity of the enzyme entrapped into the stabilized gel beads was evaluated by studying the batch reaction kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of maltotetraose. Repeated kinetic measurements, totaling 18, were carried out at fixed time intervals. After each measurement the beads were stirred for 1 day in a freshly prepared 10 mM NaCl solution at 3 degrees C. It was found that the immobilized system remained stable without leading to a serious loss of the activity or to a large leakage of the enzyme from the support. This was explained as being due to a PEC-crosslinked contracted network structure of the stabilized gel matrix. |
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