Evaluation of the activity of β-glucosidase immobilized on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with a microfluidic flow injection analyzer with embedded optical fibers

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Francisco M Hernández-Maya, María P Cañizares-Macías

Abstract

β-glucosidase from almonds was immobilized on a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microdevice by covalent chain using 3-aminopropyltrietoxysilane and glutaraldehyde. Enzymatic activity was evaluated using p-nitro-phenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside dissolved in a 0.01 M pH 5.0 phosphate solution at 45 °C measuring the reaction product (p-nitrophenol) at 410 nm. The microdevice consisted of two parts: the one part where the enzymatic reaction was carried out and a second part where pH was adjusted at 10, with NaOH. The reaction product was measured at the microchip exit using two optical fibers which were aligned facing each other with a gap of 7 mm, between both tips using guides located perpendicular to the flow outlet. A water bath was used to carry out the enzymatic reaction on the microdevice at 45 °C. The enzymatic surface of the PDMS microdevice was 1.15 cm2 and the immobilized β-glucosidase amount on the microdevice was of 1.17 µg/cm2. The calculated kinetics parameters were: Km 2.5 mM; Vmax 2.2 mM/min; Kcat 908.3/min and Kcat/Km 363.3/mM min. The immobilized enzyme is very stable decreasing only 5% the first 15 days; on the 30th day, the activity was 69%, regarding the initial activity.

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