Enhancement of GAD Storage Stability with Immobilization on PDA-Coated Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanoparticles

• Main Authors: Farheen Zafar, Hong-peng Wang, Chang-jiang Lv, Muhammad-Haseeb Ullah, Chun-yan Liu, Yu-jiao Hua, Le-he Mei, Jun Huang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
• Series: Catalysts
• Subjects: enzyme; glutamic acid decarboxylase immobilization; magnetite; nanoparticles; polydopamine
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/9/11/969

To improve the storage stability of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), superparamagnetic magnetite (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticles were synthesized by co-precipitation method and coated with polydopamine (PDA) for GAD immobilization. Dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy were used to determine size of the nanoparticles, which were approximately 10 nm, increasing to 15 nm after PDA-coating and to 20 nm upon GAD binding. Vibrational scanning measurements significantly represented the superparamagnetic behavior of the Fe₃O₄, and X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that the crystalline structure before and after coating with PDA and the further immobilization of GAD remained the same. Thermogravimetric analysis and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy proved that the PDA-coating on Fe₃O₄ and further immobilization of GAD were successful. After immobilization, the enzyme can be used with a relative specific activity of 40.7% after five successive uses. The immobilized enzyme retained relative specific activity of about 50.5% after 15 days of storage at 4 °C, while free enzyme showed no relative specific activity after two days of storage. The GAD immobilization on PDA-coated magnetite nanoparticles was reported for the improvement of enzyme storage stability for the first time.