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In this paper, fungal rennin production has been carried out by solid state fermentation of Mucor miehei NRRL 3420. The optimum dilution ratio, temperature and fermentation time of the enzymatic solution were determined to be 1:30, 40°C and 4 days after the beginning of the fermentation process, respectively. Also, the enzyme recovery by precipitation was studied using (NH4)2SO4, acetone and ethanol, respectively. The effects of pH, salt and solvent concentration on rennin recovery were studied and the optimum pH value as well as the optimum salt concentration were determined. The maximum specific activity of the enzyme was obtained by precipitation at pH of 6.5 and 50% saturated solution of... 

An enzymatic electrochemical biosensor was prepared based on glucose oxidase (GOD) immobilized on single-walled carbon nanotubes/Nile blue (Nb–SWCNTs) nanocomposite cross-linked with glutaraldehyde on graphite electrode. The function of glucose biosensor is based on the electrocatalytic reduction of H2O2 generated by the reaction of the enzyme with glucose molecules. The biosensor was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, emission scanning (FESEM), UV–Vis spectrometry, and voltammetric and amperometric methods. Parameters influencing the performance of the biosensor, namely pH and applied potential, were optimized. Inhibition was carried out for the detection of... 

A simple optimization methodology is applied to estimate the intrinsic kinetic parameters for both reversible and irreversible unireactant immobilized enzyme systems that follow the Michaelis-Menten mechanism. The method utilizes a direct-search optimization algorithm along with the numerical solution of the governing differential equations. The usefulness and validity of the method is demonstrated by comparing the predicted values of the intrinsic kinetic constants using the proposed method with a series of experimental values reported in the literature for different immobilized enzyme systems with irreversible and reversible reactions  

This paper presents a new method for spectrophotometirc detection of sulfide applying fungal peroxidase immobilized on sodium alginate. The sensing scheme was based on decrease of the absorbance of the orange compound, purpurogallin produced from pyrogallol and H2O2 as substrates, due to the inhibition of peroxidase by sulfide. Absorbance of purpurogallin was detected at 420nm by using a spectrophotometer. The proposed method could successfully detect the sulfide in the concentration range of 0.6-7.0μM with a detection limit of 0.4μM. The kinetic parameters of Michaelis-Menten with and without sulfide were also calculated. Possible inhibition mechanism of peroxidase by sulfide was deduced... 

New membrane materials and processes have been extensively developed due to urgent needs for much more economic separation processes. Recently, graphene has been confirmed to be an excellent separation membrane. As there is no support in the obtained three-dimensional (3D) architecture constructed from tubular graphene network, it is possible to take full advantage of the large surface of graphene. In this study 3D graphene aerogels were synthesized by a simple method and modified to adjust hydrophilicity of the samples to achieve high liquid volumetric rate. Modified samples were used for the filtration of the enzymes including amylase, cellulase, lipase and protease. Slightly differently... 

A destabilizing effect at pH 7 of sodium phosphate on several lipases immobilized via interfacial activation is shown in this work. This paper investigates if this destabilizing effect is extended to other inactivation conditions, immobilization protocols or even other immobilized enzymes (ficin, trypsin, β-galactosidase, β-glucosidase, laccase, glucose oxidase and catalase). As lipases, those from Candida antarctica (A and B), Candida rugosa and Rhizomucor miehei have been used. Results confirm the very negative effect of 100 mM sodium phosphate at pH 7.0 for the stability of all studied lipases immobilized on octyl agarose, while using glutaraldehyde-support the effect is smaller (still... 

In this study, the reusability and process stability of nano-reengineered horseradish peroxidase was investigated in a fluorescence-based sensing system for hydrogen peroxide determination as a model application. To this end, dendron macromolecules were attached to the enzyme surface through bio-conjugation techniques. The resulting enzyme-polymer nanoparticles, with an average size of 14(±2) nm, showed significant life time and thermal stability. For enzyme recovery and reusability purposes, the enzyme-polymer nanoparticles were labelled with magnetic nanoparticles with a labelling yield of 90 %. These labelled enzyme molecules showed significant process stability, i.e., up to 7 recycling... 

Uniformly sized superparamagnetic single-shell nonporous (S1) and double-shell mesoporous silica nanocomposite particles with ∼130 nm magnetite cluster cores are synthesised in this study. Mesoporous particles are prepared with two BJH pore sizes (2.44 and 3.76 nm, designated as S2 and S3 particles, respectively). Once the lipase was immobilised on particles, our results showed that the enzyme loading capacities of mesoporous structures, i.e. S2 and S3, are higher than that for nonporous particles (S1). Hydrolytic activity tests reveal that immobilised lipases retain about 90% of the free enzyme's activity. Furthermore, comparing to the free enzyme, the thermal stability of immobilised... 

Background: Diabetes is associated with many pathological changes and one of the most important consequences of the diabetes is hepatic injury. The present study was performed to investigate the effect of eight weeks endurance training with consumption of cinnamon supplementation on plasma concentrations of liver enzymes,alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in women with type II diabetes. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study,36 female volunteers with type II diabetes (age 52.72±2.64 years and body mass index 29.28±2.94 Kg/m2) were participated. The subjects were homogenized regarding their body mass index and then were divided randomly into four groups... 

With the spread of deadly diseases worldwide, the design of rapid tests to identify causative microorganisms is necessary. Due to the unique properties of gold nanoparticles, these nanoparticles are used in designing rapid diagnostic tests, such as strip tests. The current study aimed to investigate the ability of gold nanoparticles to bind to single-chain variable fragment antibodies. In this study, the biological and chemical methods included Escherichia coli TOP-10 and the Turkevich method to synthesize the gold nanoparticles, respectively. Then, the effect of synthetic nanoparticles on their capability of binding to recombinant antibodies was assessed by agarose gel and UV-vis... 

A magnetic nanocomposite was prepared by entrapment of Fe3O4 nanoparticles into the cross-linked ionic liquid/epoxy type polymer. The resulting support was used for covalent immobilization of cellulase through the reaction with epoxy groups. The ionic surface of the support improved the adsorption of enzyme, and a large amount of enzyme (106.1 mg/g) was loaded onto the support surface. The effect of the presence of ionic monomer and covalent binding of enzyme was also investigated. The structure of support was characterized by various instruments such as FT-IR, TGA, VSM, XRD, TEM, SEM, and DLS. The activity and stability of immobilized cellulase were investigated in the prepared support. The... 

Application of immobilized horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in porous calcium alginate (ca-alginate) for the purpose of phenol removal is reported. The optimal conditions for immobilization of HRP in ca-alginate were identified. Gelation (encapsulation) was optimized at 1.0% (w/v) sodium alginate in the presence of 5.5% (w/v) of calcium chloride. Upon immobilization, pH profile of enzyme activity changes as it shows higher value at basic and acidic solution. Increasing initial phenol concentration results in a decrease in % conversion. The highest conversion belongs to phenol concentration of 2 mM. Investigation into time course of phenol removal for both encapsulated and free enzymes showed... 

Nonporous and mesoporous silica-coated magnetite cluster nanocomposites particles were fabricated with various silica structures in order to develop a desired carrier for the lipase immobilization and subsequent biodiesel production. Lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia was covalently bound to the amino-functionalized particles using glutaraldehyde as a coupling agent. The hybrid systems that were obtained exhibited high stability and easy recovery regardless of the silica structure, following the application of an external magnetic field. The immobilized lipases were then used as the recoverable biocatalyst in a transesterification reaction to convert the soybean oil to biodiesel with methanol....