CATALYSIS BY ENZYMES ENTRAPPED INTO HYDRATED SURFACTANT AGGREGATES HAVING LAMELLAR OR CYLINDRICAL (HEXAGONAL) OR BALL-SHAPED (CUBIC) STRUCTURE IN ORGANIC-SOLVENTSстатья
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Аннотация:Instead of aqueous solutions, universally recognized in enzymology, ternary systems of the water/organic solvent/surfactant type are suggested as liquid-crystalline media for enzymatic reactions. Two systems, water/octane/Aerosol OT and water/cyclohexane/Brij 96, have been used to solubilize acid and alkaline phosphatases and peroxidase. The enzymes under study do function in liquid-crystalline mesophases having lamellar, cylindrical (reversed hexagonal) and ball-shaped (reversed cubic) packing of the surfactant molecules. A significant result is that the phase transition from one liquid-crystalline structure to another entails, as a rule, a reversible change in the catalytic activity of the solubilized enzyme