Stabilization of Enzyme by Exclusive Volume Effect in Hydrophobically Controlled Polymer Microcapsules

Autor: Jin Woong Kim, Jee-Hyun Ryu, Kyung-Do Suh, Mi-Ok Jung, Junoh Kim, Ih-Seop Chang, Ok-Sub Lee, Yong Jin Kim
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 26:1258-1261
ISSN: 1521-3927
1022-1336
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200500233
Popis: This communication describes an enzyme stabilization method that allows the use of enzymes irrespective of environmental factors, especially heat, while maintaining their activity for a long time. We have designed enzyme microcapsules that consist of papain enzyme cores, poly (propylene glycol) interlayers, and poly(e-caprolactone) walls. By confocal laser scanning microscopy measurements and the thermal stability of papain-loaded microcapsules, it is demonstrated that the papain is surrounded by a hydrophobic polyol layer and stabilized by the exclusive volume effect. In our study, improved thermal stability can be obtained by using more hydrophobic long-chained polyols, which is understood to be attributed to the effective formation of a hydrophobic polyol layer between the papain and the polymer wall by means of conformational anchoring in the interface.
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