Publications by authors named "Nitin W Fadnavis"

Allyl glycidyl ether-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate copolymer with 25 % crosslink density has been functionalized with various amines. The polymer bearing a dibenzyl amino function efficiently removed the soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) and lipoxygenase (LOX) from soymilk. The polymer binds SBTI and LOX efficiently (25-30 mg/g) through a combination of hydrophobic and ionic interactions and denatures them at room temperature by simple contact for 1 h.

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Bovine serum albumin (BSA) was adsorbed on allyl glycidyl ether (AGE)-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDM) copolymer with 25% crosslink density (AGE-25) at pH 8.0 (16% w/w). The amino, thiol and carboxylic acid functional groups available on protein coated surface were utilized for covalent immobilization of glucose oxidase and β-galactosidase, both independently, and in a step-wise manner on the same matrix, with no more than 10% loss of enzyme activity during immobilization.

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Trypsin adsorption from aqueous buffer by various copolymers of allyl glycidyl ether-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (AGE-EGDM) copolymer with varying crosslink density increases with increasing crosslink density and the effect slowly wears off after reaching a plateau at 50% crosslink density. The copolymer with 25% crosslink density was reacted with different amines with alkyl/aryl side chains to obtain a series of copolymers with 1,2-amino alcohol functional groups and varying hydrophobicity. Trypsin binding capacity again increases with hydrophobicity of the reacting amine and a good correlation between logPoctanol of the amine and protein binding is observed.

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Allyl glycidyl ether (AGE)-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDM) copolymer with 25% crosslink density (AGE-25) shows excellent bovine serum albumin (BSA) adsorption (up to 16% (w/w)) at pH 8.0 and the adsorbed BSA is strongly bound. This protein-coated polymer provides a novel matrix with naturally existing functional groups such as thiol, amino, and carboxylic acid that are available for covalent immobilization of functional enzymes.

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The effects of protein size on adsorption and adsorption-induced denaturation of proteins on copolymers of allyl glycidyl ether (AGE)-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDM) have been studied. Different responses were observed for the amount of protein adsorbed and denatured on the polymer surface for different proteins (trypsin, alchol dehydrogenase from baker's yeast (YADH), glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) from Gluconobacter cerinus, and alkaline phosphates from calf intestinal mucosa (CIAP). Protein adsorption on the copolymer with 25% crosslink density (AGE-25) was dependent not only on the size of the protein but also on the presence of glycoside residues on the protein surface.

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The yiaE gene from Escherichia coli K12 was functionally expressed in E. coli BL21 using an IPTG inducible pET expression system (2.1 U/mg), and YiaE was purified to a specific activity of 18 U/mg.

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Effects of cosolvent concentration on activity of fire fly luciferase, alpha-chymotrypsin, and alcohol dehydrogenase from baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) have been studied for several solvents with varying hydrophobicities (logP from +1.0 to -1.65) and polarities (dielectric constant from 7.

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  • Blends of 5% sodium alginate and 3% gelatin, cross-linked with glutaraldehyde and treated with calcium chloride, create strong and regular beads suitable for enzyme immobilization.
  • Lipases from porcine pancreas and other sources were efficiently immobilized in these beads, retaining stability and activity over multiple uses in different media.
  • The beads were modified with succinic anhydride to enhance their functionality, leading to a 7.4-fold purification of crude porcine pancreatic lipase through a simple pH-based protein binding and release process.
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The zymogen alpha-chymotrypsinogen A is bound to mesoporous silica MCM-41 with a protein loading of 170 mg/g solid (MCM-Z) by a simple stirring in aqueous tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.2). The bound zymogen is then activated with trypsin to obtain alpha-chymotrypsin immobilized on MCM-41 (MCM-E.

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