Electrophoretic method for assessment of substrate promiscuity of a heterogeneous biocatalyst using an area imaging ultraviolet detector

Pawel L. Urban, Edmund T. Bergstroem, David M. Goodall, Sreedevi Narayanaswamy, Neil C. Bruce

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Abstract

We report a new electrophoretic set-up and method for rapid specificity screening of an immobilised enzyme against a range of substrates present in a mixture. The penicillinase-catalysed reaction is carried out on-the-fly, following separation of putative substrates and preceding separation of the reaction products. The new active pixel sensor detector gives an option of using multiple detection windows on a single flow line and enables efficient on-line monitoring of this heterogeneous biocatalytic process with multiple putative substrates injected simultaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)979-982
Number of pages4
JournalAnalyst
Volume132
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Keywords

  • CAPILLARY-ELECTROPHORESIS
  • ENZYME PROMISCUITY
  • MASS-SPECTROMETRY
  • ASSAY
  • CE

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