Performance evaluation of a silk protein‐based matrix for the enzymatic conversion of tyrosine to L‐DOPA
- 18 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology Journal
- Vol. 3 (2), 226-233
- https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.200700120
Abstract
L-DOPA (3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine), one of the most important intermediates in the melanin biosynthesis pathway, is used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. With a view of developing a cheaper and more effective method for the bioconversion of tyrosine to L-DOPA, the potential and performance of a novel fibrous matrix prepared from Bombyx mori silk protein fibroin were evaluated for the immobilization of tyrosinase. Cross-linkage between fibroin and tyrosinase using glutaraldehyde was evident from Fourier transform infra red spectroscopy. Maximum product formation occurred when 1000 U enzyme was immobilized on 20 mg fibroin. The optimum conditions for maximal L-DOPA production using immobilized tyrosinase were 40°C and pH 5.5, conditions that caused a 50% loss of free enzyme activity. Immobilized tyrosinase also showed to have a higher degree of stability during storage and it retained 80% of its original activity after repeated reuses. The efficiency of this immobilized tyrosinase system to produce L-DOPA was high, as evident from a high effectiveness factor, between 0.7 and 0.8, thereby making this method feasible for the large-scale production of L-DOPA.Keywords
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