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Thermoprecipitation of lysozyme from egg white using copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide and acidic monomers.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11278034     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Thermoprecipitation of lysozyme from egg white was demonstrated using copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide with acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, 2-acryloylamido-2-methylpropane-sulfonic acid and itaconic acid, respectively. Polymers synthesized using molar feed ratio of N-isopropylacrylamide:acidic monomers of 98:2 exhibited lower critical solution temperatures in the range of 33--35 degrees C. These polymers exhibited electrostatic interactions with lysozyme and inhibited its bacteriolytic activity. The concentration of acidic groups required to attain 50% relative inhibition of lysozyme by the polymers, was 10(4)--10(5) times lower than that required for the corresponding monomers. This was attributed to the multimeric nature of polymer-lysozyme binding. More than 90% lysozyme activity was recovered from egg white. Polymers exhibited reusability up to at least 16 cycles with retention of >85% recovery of specific activity from aqueous solution. In contrast, copolymer comprising natural inhibitor of lysozyme i.e. poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-O-acryloyl N-acetylglucosamine) lost 50% recovery of specific activity. Thermoprecipitation using these copolymers, which enables very high recovery of lysozyme from egg white, would be advantageous over pH sensitive polymers, which generally exhibit lower recovery.
Authors:
A A Vaidya; B S Lele; M G Kulkarni; R A Mashelkar
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of biotechnology     Volume:  87     ISSN:  0168-1656     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Biotechnol.     Publication Date:  2001 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-03-30     Completed Date:  2001-08-09     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8411927     Medline TA:  J Biotechnol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  95-107     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Polymer Science and Engineering Group, Pune 411 008, India.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acetylglucosamine / chemistry
Acrylamides / chemistry*
Acrylates / chemistry*
Animals
Binding Sites
Chemical Precipitation
Egg White*
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Ions
Methacrylates / chemistry
Muramidase / antagonists & inhibitors,  isolation & purification*,  metabolism
Osmolar Concentration
Polymers / chemistry*
Solutions
Succinates / chemistry
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Acrylamides; 0/Acrylates; 0/Ions; 0/Methacrylates; 0/N-isopropylacrylamide-acrylic acid copolymer; 0/Polymers; 0/Solutions; 0/Succinates; 2210-25-5/N-isopropylacrylamide; 7512-17-6/Acetylglucosamine; 79-10-7/acrylic acid; 79-41-4/methacrylic acid; 97-65-4/itaconic acid; EC 3.2.1.17/Muramidase

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