Imobilisasi Enzim Lipase Dedak Padi (Oryza Sativa L.) Pada Karbon Aktif: Karakterisasi, dan Uji Stabilitas Kerja Enzim Imobil

This research aims to immobilization; characterize the enzyme of immobilized, test the effectiveness of the enzyme of immobilized. This research begins with the immobilization to process of enzyme lipase using activated carbon matrix, enzyme characterization covering of immobile determination of temperature and pH optimum of the enzyme of immobilized, as well as test the stability of work covering immobilized of enzyme the test thermal stability and repeated use. The results showed that the immobile of enzyme work optimally at 50oC of temperature and pH 6.5 with each activity 0.040 U/mL; research results also showed that the immobile of enzyme has higher thermal stability in comparison with the free enzyme: with the relative activity of 57.50% at the time of 45 minutes of exposure and the exposure time at 47.50% at 75-105 minutes and it can be used as many as six times with the relative activity of 52.5% in 6 times of use.

Overexpression of Soluble Recombinant Human Lysyl Oxidase by Using Solubility Tags: Effects on Activity and Solubility

Lysyl oxidase is an important extracellular matrix enzyme that has not been fully characterized due to its low solubility. In order to circumvent the low solubility of this enzyme, three solubility tags (Nus-A, Thioredoxin (Trx), and Glutathione-S-Transferase (GST)) were engineered on the N-terminus of mature lysyl oxidase. Total enzyme yields were determined to be 1.5 mg for the Nus-A tagged enzyme (0.75 mg/L of media), 7.84 mg for the Trx tagged enzyme (3.92 mg/L of media), and 9.33 mg for the GST tagged enzyme (4.67 mg/L of media). Enzymatic activity was calculated to be 0.11 U/mg for the Nus-A tagged enzyme and 0.032 U/mg for the Trx tagged enzyme, and no enzymatic activity was detected for the GST tagged enzyme. All three solubility-tagged forms of the enzyme incorporated copper; however, the GST tagged enzyme appears to bind adventitious copper with greater affinity than the other two forms. The catalytic cofactor, lysyl tyrosyl quinone (LTQ), was determined to be 92% for the Nus-A and Trx tagged lysyl oxidase using the previously reported extinction coefficient of 15.4 mM−1 cm−1. No LTQ was detected for the GST tagged lysyl oxidase. Given these data, it appears that Nus-A is the most suitable tag for obtaining soluble and active recombinant lysyl oxidase from E. coli culture.