ISSN:
0006-3592
Keywords:
protein
;
conformational memory
;
organic solvent
;
molecular imprinting
;
enzyme
;
catalysis
;
transition state analogue
;
bovine serum albumin
;
β-lactoglobulin
;
Chemistry
;
Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The induction of catalytic activity in proteins by lyophilization in the presence of a transition state analogue (biomolecular imprinting) has been attempted. It was shown that proteins which were freeze-dried with n-isopropyl-4-nitrobenzyl-amine (a transition state analogue for the reaction of dehydrofluorination of 4-fluoro-4-[p-nitrophenyl] butan-2-one) displayed higher β-elimination activity as compared to their-non-imprinted counterparts. It was also found that native bovine serum albumin has a high dehydrofluorination activity towards the above substrate with kinetic parameters rather similar to those of a catalytic antibody prepared by Shokat et al. (1989). A comparison of the kinetic parameters determined in this study with those obtained for analogous catalytic antibodies and imprinted polymers was made. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 57: 211-215, 1998.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource