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An amperometric enzyme biosensor for real-time measurements of cellobiohydrolase activity on insoluble cellulose

Cruys-Bagger, Nicolaj ; Ren, Guilin ; Tatsumi, Hirosuke ; Baumann, Martin J. ; Spodsberg, Nikolaj ; Andersen, Heidi Delcomyn ; Gorton, Lo LU ; Borch, Kim and Westh, Peter (2012) In Biotechnology and Bioengineering 109(12). p.3199-3204
Abstract
An amperometric enzyme biosensor for continuous detection of cellobiose has been implemented as an enzyme assay for cellulases. We show that the initial kinetics for cellobiohydrolase I, Cel7A from Trichoderma reesei, acting on different types of cellulose substrates, semi-crystalline and amorphous, can be monitored directly and in real-time by an enzyme-modified electrode based on cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) from Phanerochaete chrysosporium (Pc). PcCDH was cross-linked and immobilized on the surface of a carbon paste electrode which contained a mediator, benzoquinone. An oxidation current of the reduced mediator, hydroquinone, produced by the CDH-catalyzed reaction with cellobiose, was recorded under constant-potential amperometry at... (More)
An amperometric enzyme biosensor for continuous detection of cellobiose has been implemented as an enzyme assay for cellulases. We show that the initial kinetics for cellobiohydrolase I, Cel7A from Trichoderma reesei, acting on different types of cellulose substrates, semi-crystalline and amorphous, can be monitored directly and in real-time by an enzyme-modified electrode based on cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) from Phanerochaete chrysosporium (Pc). PcCDH was cross-linked and immobilized on the surface of a carbon paste electrode which contained a mediator, benzoquinone. An oxidation current of the reduced mediator, hydroquinone, produced by the CDH-catalyzed reaction with cellobiose, was recorded under constant-potential amperometry at +0.5V (vs. Ag/AgCl). The CDH-biosensors showed high sensitivity (87.7 mu AmM-1cm-2), low detection limit (25nM), and fast response time (t95%similar to 3s) and this provided experimental access to the transient kinetics of cellobiohydrolases acting on insoluble cellulose. The response from the CDH-biosensor during enzymatic hydrolysis was corrected for the specificity of PcCDH for the beta-anomer of cello-oligosaccharides and the approach were validated against HPLC. It is suggested that quantitative, real-time data on pure insoluble cellulose substrates will be useful in attempts to probe the molecular mechanism underlying enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2012; 109: 31993204. (C) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Less)
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cellulose hydrolysis, cellulase kinetics, enzyme biosensor, cellobiose, dehydrogenase
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Biotechnology and Bioengineering
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109
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12
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3199 - 3204
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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1097-0290
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10.1002/bit.24593
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English
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  author       = {{Cruys-Bagger, Nicolaj and Ren, Guilin and Tatsumi, Hirosuke and Baumann, Martin J. and Spodsberg, Nikolaj and Andersen, Heidi Delcomyn and Gorton, Lo and Borch, Kim and Westh, Peter}},
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  keywords     = {{cellulose hydrolysis; cellulase kinetics; enzyme biosensor; cellobiose; dehydrogenase}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{12}},
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  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Biotechnology and Bioengineering}},
  title        = {{An amperometric enzyme biosensor for real-time measurements of cellobiohydrolase activity on insoluble cellulose}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.24593}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/bit.24593}},
  volume       = {{109}},
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