| Literature DB >> 20171160 |
Toru Mizuki1, Noriyuki Watanabe, Yutaka Nagaoka, Tadamasa Fukushima, Hisao Morimoto, Ron Usami, Toru Maekawa.
Abstract
We immobilize alpha-amylase extracted from Bacillus Iicheniformis on the surfaces of superparamagnetic particles and investigate the effect of a rotational magnetic field on the enzyme's activity. We find that the activity of the enzyme molecules immobilized on superparamagnetic particles increases in the rotational magnetic field and reaches maximum at a certain frequency. We clarify the effect of the cluster structures formed by the superparamagnetic particles on the activity. Enzyme reactions are enhanced even in a tiny volume of solution using the present method, which is very important for the development of efficient micro reactors and micro total analysis systems (mu-TAS). Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Mesh:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20171160 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.02.081
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575