State of Pepsin and Acidic Protease in Solid Phase System and the Factors Increasing Their Destabilization

The adsorption state and catalytic properties of pepsin and acidic protease from microorganisms Asp. awamori and Asp. oryzae were studied in solid phase system （in presence of sorsilen, DEAE- and CM-cellulose）. According to the results, adsorption capacity and catalytic activity of enzymes depend on the physical nature of surface groups of the solid phase. Changing the stability of enzymes in the system with solid phase is observed even the adsorption bond is less stable （in the case of DEAE- and CM-cellulose in acidic media）. Injection to the medium ethanol, surfactants, sodium chloride and changing the temperature of the incubation medium could prevent the negative effects of the solid phases. When sorsilen is used as solid phase, pepsin and acidic protease from Asp. awamori suffer from high surface inactivation. Various surfactants influence adsorption state of enzymes differently. Non-ionic surfactants （Triton X-100） prevent adsorption and restore catalytic properties of enzymes.

Behavior of lysozyme adsorbed onto biological liquid crystal lipid monolayer at the air/water interface

The interaction between proteins and lipids is one of the basic problems of modern biochemistry and biophysics.The purpose of this study is to compare the penetration degree of lysozyme into 1,2-diapalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine（DPPC） and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethano-lamine（DPPE） by analyzing the data of surface pressure–area（π–A） isotherms and surface pressure–time（π–T） curves.Lysozyme can penetrate into both DPPC and DPPE monolayers because of the increase of surface pressure at an initial pressure of 15 m N/m.However,the changes of DPPE are larger than DPPC,indicating stronger interaction of lysozyme with DPPE than DPPC.The reason may be due to the different head groups and phase state of DPPC and DPPE monolayers at the surface pressure of 15 m N/m.Atomic force microscopy reveals that lysozyme was absorbed by DPPC and DPPE monolayers,which leads to self-aggregation and self-assembly,forming irregular multimers and conical multimeric.Through analysis,we think that the process of polymer formation is similar to the aggregation mechanism of amyloid fibers.

Study on the chemisorption kinetics of Methylene Blue using SERS technique

SERS technique wae used to study the chemiesorption kinetics of Methylene Blue (MB) on the HNO3-etched silver surface. The adsorption kinetic parameters were deduced from different vibrational modes at a low concentration of 3.5 × 10?6 mol/L, and it showed that MB adsorbed uniformly (monolayerly) on silver surface. However, the adsorptive behavior turned anomalous at relatively higher concentrations and a possible explanation was suggested. In addition, the influence of Cl? ions on the adsorption states of MB was investigated, and it was shown that MB molecules, adsorbed on the silver surface, tended to transform the “lying-down” state to the “end - on” 4 state after CI? ions were added.