Characteristics of refold acid urease immobilized covalently by graphene oxide-chitosan composite beads

摘要

Bifunctional acid urease can not only remove urea from rice wine, but also effectively remove ethyl carbamate (EC), thereby reducing harmful substances in rice wine. Acid urease fromProvidencia rettgeriJN-B815 was expressed inEscherichia coliBL21(DE3) as an inclusion body. Subsequently, acid urease was refolded gradually using dilution-ultrafiltration and specific activity of 12.3?U?mg?1was obtained. The acid urease thus obtained was immobilized on graphene oxide/chitosan beads. The recovery of immobilized urease was 77% for the graphene oxide/chitosan composite when coupled for 8?h with 5% glutaraldehyde. Steady-state kinetic analysis showed that the optimum temperature for urease activity was 37°C. Time-dependent thermal inactivation studies showed that the stability of the immobilized urease improved at 37°C and the t1/2(half-life) of decay in urease activity was 12?h, whereas it was 43 days for soluble and chitosan/graphene oxide immobilized urease at 4°C. A significant change inKm occurred during the immobilization; the Km for urea and EC in the free state were 9.14?mM and 386?mM, respectively, whereas they were 5.28?mM and 180?mM, respectively, in the immobilized state. The values ofVmaxfor immobilized EC and urea were 1.08?μmol?min?1and 1.16?μmol?min?1, respectively, whereas they were 0.782?μmol?min?1and 0.931?μmol?min?1, respectively, for soluble EC and urea. Furthermore, 90% of the original activity of graphene oxide/chitosan–urease beads were retained after the beads were used 10 times, indicating excellent reusability.