Non-covalent enzyme-polyelectrolyte complexes as self-buffered catalysts for use in low-water organic media

Biotechnology Techniques - Tập 10 - Trang 621-624 - 1996
Alexander V. Vakurov1, Alexander K. Gladilin2, Johann Partridge3, Vadim V. Mozhaev1, Andrey V. Levashov1, Peter J. Halling3
1Division of Chemical Enzymology, Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
2N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, Russia
3Department of Bioscience & Biotechnology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Tóm tắt

When free chymotrypsin is used to catalyse hydrolysis of N-acetyl tyrosine ethyl ester in 90% acetonitrile, the reaction rate soon falls because of the accumulation of the acidic product. If the enzyme is used in the form of a suspended complex with polyacrylic acid, the polyelectrolyte acts as an acid-base buffer to permit extended reaction.

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