INVESTIGADORES
MORCELLE DEL VALLE Susana Raquel
artículos
Título:
Study of phytoproteases stability in aqueous-organic biphasic systems using linear free energy relationships
Autor/es:
BARBERIS, S.; QUIROGA, E.; MORCELLE DEL VALLE, S. R.; PRIOLO, N.; LUCO, J.M.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC
Editorial:
Elsevier Science B.V.
Referencias:
Año: 2006 vol. 38 p. 95 - 103
ISSN:
1381-1177
Resumen:
In this paper we study the effect of different water-immiscible organic solvents (benzene, toluene, 1-butanol, 1-octanol, dichloroethane, dichloromethane, diethyl ether, hexane, chlorobenzene, acetophenone, n-dodecane, trichloroethylene, ethyl acetate) on the stability (residual caseinolytic activity after 4 h) of soluble phytoproteases, such as araujiain, funastrain and papain in aqueous organic- biphasic systems. Besides, the effect of organic solvents on enzymatic catalysis was quantitatively studied by means of linear free energy relationships (LFERs). The organic solvents were characterized by several physicochemical properties, and multiple regression analysis (MLRA) together with nonlinear regression were the methods used to rearch the relationships between the residual caseinolytic activity data and several physicochemnical parameters. Those enzymes show much greater activity and stability in some biphasic media than in water. On the other hand, all developed correlations represented highly significant LFERs models and showed that nonspecific polar and hydrophobic factors are of prime and approximately equal importance for the biocatalytic activity of araujiain, funastrain and papain in the studied biphasic systems, while the specific poler interactions are of little importance for activity. The results suggested that araujiain, funastrain and papain do not suffer unfolding in the studied biphasic media and they are able to retain their native or native-like configurations, though with altered characteristics or properties. This fact was demonstrated by means of a comparative FTIR spectroscopy study in both, buffer and biphasic media, for each studied enzyme.