Abstract
This paper examined the effect of several pyridinium and imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) on the protease stability in aqueous solutions. In general, the enzyme was found quite active at low concentrations of hydrophilic ILs. In aqueous environment, the enzyme was stabilized by the kosmotropic anions (such as CF3COO- and CH3COO-) and chaotropic cations (such as [BuPy]+ and [EMIM]+), but was destabilized by chaotropic anions (such as tosylate and BF4 -) and kosmotropic cations (such as [BMIM]+).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 15-25 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Bioorganic Chemistry |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This project was supported by the NIH-EARDA grants (No. 5 G11 HD 32861-07 and No. 5 G11 HD 32861-08). Partial financial support was provided by a NIH-MBRS grant. We are also indebted to Amano Enzyme USA for providing samples of enzymes.
Keywords
- Activity
- Chaotrope
- Enzyme
- Ionic liquid
- Kosmotrope
- Kosmotropicity
- Stability