Immobilization of Urokinase onto Magnetically Directed Micromotors

Autor: Baha Öndeş, Murat Uygun, Sinem Evli, Deniz Aktaş Uygun
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Applied biochemistry and biotechnology. 194(8)
ISSN: 1559-0291
Popis: In this presented work, a new micromotor was prepared for urokinase immobilization. A covalent bond was constructed between the urokinase and the carboxyl groups of the graphene oxide, which is located at the outer layer of micromotors by EDC/NHS chemistry. The inner nickel layer gave magnetic properties to the micromotors and enables them to be separated from the reaction medium with the help of a simple magnet. For promising in vivo applications in the future, these micromotors do not require any fuel for their movement. The structures of the synthesized micromotors were illuminated by SEM and EDX analysis, and the movements of the micromotors were observed under an optical microscope with camera equipment. The immobilization yield of urokinase was found to be 68.07% (0.073 mg/100 µL micromotor solution) using the Bradford protein assay. In addition, to compare the activities of the immobilized and free enzymes, Lineweaver-Burk plots were constructed, and the kinetic parameters were calculated. K
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