Functionalization of polycarbonate with proteins; open-tubular enzymatic microreactors

Lab Chip. 2012 Aug 7;12(15):2743-8. doi: 10.1039/c2lc40204a. Epub 2012 May 30.

Abstract

This paper examines a set of techniques for the immobilization of enzymes on the surface of microchannels fabricated in polycarbonate (PC). Our experiments identify the method that uses combined physico-chemical immobilization on a layer of polyethyleneimine (PEI) as a reproducible vista for the robust immobilization of proteins. As an example, we demonstrate the fabrication, throughput and stability of an open-tubular reactor draped with alkaline phosphatase (ALP, EC 3.1.3.1) as a model enzyme. As PC is suitable for industrial applications the method could potentially be used to immobilize proteins in numbered-up implementations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaline Phosphatase / chemistry*
  • Bioreactors*
  • Carbodiimides / chemistry
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / chemistry
  • Enzyme Stability
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / chemistry*
  • Polycarboxylate Cement / chemistry*
  • Polyethyleneimine / chemistry*
  • Static Electricity
  • Urease / chemistry

Substances

  • Carbodiimides
  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Polycarboxylate Cement
  • polycarbonate
  • Polyethyleneimine
  • Alkaline Phosphatase
  • Urease