ENHANCEMENT OF ENZYME-ACTIVITY IN AQUEOUS-ORGANIC SOLVENT MIXTURES

被引:63
作者
BATRA, R [1 ]
GUPTA, MN [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Technol, DEPT CHEM, DELHI 110016, INDIA
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10.1007/BF01022403
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The activities of poyphenol oxidase, peroxidase, acid phosphatase and trypsin were measured in the presence of four different water miscible solvents, acetonitrile; N,N, dimethylformamide; tetrahydrofuran and dioxane. Stimulation of enzymatic activities was observed in all the cases at a specific concentration range of cosolvent added which cannot be correlated either with log P or denaturation capacity. Also, no significant structural changes were observed by fluorescence studies even at the cosolvent concentrations where activity increases were significant.
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