Kinetics of the alkaline phosphatase catalyzed hydrolysis of disodium p-nitrophenyl phosphate in frozen model systems.

The alkaline phosphatase catalyzed hydrolysis of disodium-p-nitrophenyl phosphate was studied in four model systems comprising sucrose, maltodextrin, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), and CMC-lactose in a temperature range of -28 to 20 degrees C. In the maltodextrin and CMC-lactose model systems, the reaction rate decreased to a very low value as the glass transition temperature was approached. In the CMC and CMC-lactose systems with low initial solute concentration, as a consequence of freeze-concentration, a rate maximum around the initial freezing temperature was observed.