Enzyme-catalyzed phase transition of alginate gels and gelatin-alginate interpenetrated networks

Biomacromolecules. 2007 Nov;8(11):3613-8. doi: 10.1021/bm700767u. Epub 2007 Oct 19.

Abstract

The enzyme-catalyzed gel-sol transition of calcium-alginate obtained by internal gelling strategy with the help of an entrapped alginate lyase is described. We show that alginate molecules and enzyme-produced oligoalginates shorten the gel time of physical gelatin gels (5% and 1.5%), probably due to local protein concentration increase. Interpenetrated networks composed of calcium-alginate and of gelatin were obtained only if elongation of gelatin helices inside a pre-existing calcium-alginate network could occur and only for low gelatin concentration (1.5%). The physical gelatin network is almost reversible inside the alginate one. Both networks can be obtained in the presence of alginate lyase, but gel-sol transition of calcium-alginate cannot be obtained in the presence of gelatin.

MeSH terms

  • Alginates / chemistry*
  • Alginates / metabolism
  • Calcium / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Elasticity
  • Flavobacterium / enzymology
  • Gelatin / chemistry*
  • Gelatin / metabolism*
  • Gels / chemistry
  • Gels / metabolism
  • Glucuronic Acid / chemistry
  • Glucuronic Acid / metabolism
  • Hexuronic Acids / chemistry
  • Hexuronic Acids / metabolism
  • Macrocystis / metabolism
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phase Transition*
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases / metabolism
  • Rheology
  • Viscosity

Substances

  • Alginates
  • Gels
  • Hexuronic Acids
  • Glucuronic Acid
  • Gelatin
  • Polysaccharide-Lyases
  • poly(beta-D-mannuronate) lyase
  • Calcium