title: [Thermal stability of Penicillium adametzii glucose oxidase].
abstract: The thermal stability of glucose oxidase was studied at temperatures between 50 and 70 degrees C by kinetic and spectroscopic (circular dichroism) methods. The stability of glucose oxidase was shown to depend on the medium pH, protein concentration, and the presence of protectors in the solution. At low protein concentrations (< 15 micrograms/ml) and pH > 5.5, the rate constants kin (s-1) for thermal inactivation of glucose oxidase were high. Circular dichroic spectra suggested an essential role of beta structures in stabilizing the protein globule. At a concentration of 15 micrograms protein/ml, the activation energy Ea of thermal inactivation of glucose oxidase in aqueous solution was estimated at 79.1 kcal/mol. Other thermodynamic activation parameters estimated at 60 degrees C had the following values: delta H = 78.4 kcal/mol, delta G = 25.5 kcal/mol, and delta S = 161.9 entropy units. The thermal inactivation of glucose oxidase was inhibited by KCl, polyethylene glycols, and polyols. Among polyols, the best was sorbitol, which stabilized glucose oxidase without affecting its activity. Ethanol, phenol, and citrate exerted destabilizing effects.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Belarussian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kuprevicha 5/2, Minsk, 220141 Belarus.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Eremin
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Metelitsa
authors.forename: Zh F
authors.initials: ZhF
authors.lastname: Shishko
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlova
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Iasenko
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lobanok
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D005949:Glucose Oxidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D006361:Heating; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D010407:Penicillium / Q000737:chemistry*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012996:Solutions; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D005949:Glucose Oxidase
vernacular_title: Termicheskaia stabil'nost' gliukozoksidazy Penicillium adametzii.