Immobilization of urease on vermiculite |
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Authors: | A Anita C A Sastry Prof Dr M A Hashim |
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Institution: | Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, MY
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Abstract: | Urease (EC 3.5.1.5) of high activity was obtained when the enzyme was immobilized on vermiculite crosslinked with 2.5% glutaraldehyde in chilled EDTA-phosphate buffer (pH 5.5). The highest activity of the immobilized enzyme was at 65°C and pH 6.5 while the optimum temperature for free urease was found to be 25°C. The thermal stability of immobilized urease was observed to be much better than that of the free urease. When stored at 4°C, urease immobilized on vermiculite retained 69 to 81% of its activity after 60 days and 61 to 75% of its original activity was retained after 4 repeated uses. |
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