The thermal stability of vacuum-dried acid-phosphatase has been investigated, both in the absence and in the presence of pure hexa- decane. Preliminary experimental results indicate that: i) in both solid-phase runs, acid-phosphatase is much more stable than the free enzyme in aqueous solution, ii) the presence of the organic solvent slightly reduces thermal stability of the solid-phase enzyme. As regards the deactivation mechanism, when acid-phosphatase operates in free aqueous solution it follows a two-step in series deactivation. Initially the native configuration decays towards an intermediate, still _~active form. This, in turn, irreversibily yields a totally inactive structure. In the thermal deactivation of solid-phase enzyme it has been observed that: i) the first step is substantially retarded, ii) the final transition is completely hindered, iii) the intermediate configuration is more active than that produced in aqueous solution, by more than one order of magnitude.

Enzyme stability in the presence of organic solvents / Toscano, Giuseppe; Pirozzi, Domenico; Greco, Guido. - In: BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS. - ISSN 0141-5492. - STAMPA. - (1990), pp. 821-824. [10.1007/BF01022602]

Enzyme stability in the presence of organic solvents

TOSCANO, GIUSEPPE;PIROZZI, DOMENICO;GRECO, GUIDO
1990

Abstract

The thermal stability of vacuum-dried acid-phosphatase has been investigated, both in the absence and in the presence of pure hexa- decane. Preliminary experimental results indicate that: i) in both solid-phase runs, acid-phosphatase is much more stable than the free enzyme in aqueous solution, ii) the presence of the organic solvent slightly reduces thermal stability of the solid-phase enzyme. As regards the deactivation mechanism, when acid-phosphatase operates in free aqueous solution it follows a two-step in series deactivation. Initially the native configuration decays towards an intermediate, still _~active form. This, in turn, irreversibily yields a totally inactive structure. In the thermal deactivation of solid-phase enzyme it has been observed that: i) the first step is substantially retarded, ii) the final transition is completely hindered, iii) the intermediate configuration is more active than that produced in aqueous solution, by more than one order of magnitude.
1990
Enzyme stability in the presence of organic solvents / Toscano, Giuseppe; Pirozzi, Domenico; Greco, Guido. - In: BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS. - ISSN 0141-5492. - STAMPA. - (1990), pp. 821-824. [10.1007/BF01022602]
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