Even under heated conditions, the nearly native conformation and activity of a protein can be hoarded in a functionalized nanoporous support via non-covalent interaction. Surprisingly, the protein released from the heated protein-nanoporous composite can maintain its nearly native conformation and activity, while free proteins are permanently denatured under the same treatment.
Keywords: glucose oxidase; mesoporous silica; protein denaturation; protein release.
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