title: Enzymatic profiling of immobilized cells using CZE.
abstract: Baker's yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) were immobilized on a CZE capillary using a midcapillary frit of novel design. The frit was constructed using a single 50-microns particle with "through pores". Cells trapped on the capillary were profiled using different amino acid beta-naphthylamide-aminopeptidase substrates. These substrates were introduced sequentially and metabolized for 1 min. After incubation the hydrolysis products were withdrawn by electrophoresis and detected by laser-induced fluorescence. An aminopeptidase profile was produced using just 500 cells. The new CZE-based method was found to have several significant advantages over the older cuvette/fluorometer method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1393.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Lytle
mesh_terms: D004586:Electrophoresis; D004798:Enzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes