Development and characterization of an immobilized enzyme reactor based on glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase for on-line enzymatic studies.

The glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) has been extensively studied as a target for new drugs to be used in the treatment of various parasitic diseases. The standard approach to the determination of GAPDH activity utilizes solubilized free enzyme and is limited by the enzyme's low stability. In the current study the stability of GAPDH was significantly increased through the covalent immobilization of the enzyme on a wide-pore silica support containing glutaraldehyde (Glut-P). The optimal conditions for the immobilization were: 100 mg Glut-P stationary phase, approximately 150 microg of enzyme dissolved in pyrophosphate buffer (15 mM, pH 8.5). The mixture was gently agitated for 6 h at 4 degrees C. Under these conditions 91.3% of protein was immobilized on 100 mg of Glut-P support with retention of 2.97% of the initial enzymatic activity. The activity of the immobilized GAPDH was stable for over 30 days. The GAPDH-Glut-P stationary phase was packed into a glass column to produce a GAPDH immobilized enzyme reactor (GAPDH-IMER). The activity and kinetic parameters of the GAPDH-IMER were investigated and the results demonstrated that the enzyme retained its activity and sensitivity to the competitive inhibitor agaric acid.

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