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Ye Hong

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PubMed2006

Cloning, expression and characterization of a thermostable exo-beta-D-glucosaminidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii.

An exo-beta-D-glucosaminidase gene (PH0511) was cloned from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus horikoshii, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified protein showed a strong exo-beta-D: -glucosaminidase activity by TLC analysis. DTT (50 mM) had little effect on its homodimeric structure during SDS-PAGE. The enzyme was optimally active at 90 degrees C (over 20 min) and pH 6. It had a half-life of 9 h at 90 degrees C and is the most thermostable glucosaminidase described up to now. The activity was not inhibited by ethanol, 2-propanol, DMSO, PEG-400, denaturing agents SDS (5%, w/v), urea, guanidine hydrochloride (5 M) and Mg(2+), Mn(2+), Co(2+), Ca(2+), Sr(2+), Ni(2+) (at up to 10 mM).

Cations, Divalent↗
PubMed2004

Protein surface patterning using nanoscale PEG hydrogels.

We have used focused electron-beam cross-linking to create nanosized hydrogels and thus present a new method with which to bring the attractive biocompatibility associated with macroscopic hydrogels into the submicron length-scale regime. Using amine-terminated poly(ethylene glycol) thin films on silicon substrates, we generate nanohydrogels with lateral dimensions of order 200 nm which can swell by a factor of at least five, depending on the radiative dose. With the focused electron beam, high-density arrays of such nanohydrogels can be flexibly patterned onto silicon surfaces. Significantly, the amine groups remain functional after e-beam exposure, and we show that they can be used to covalently bind proteins and other molecules. We use bovine serum albumin to amplify the number of amine groups, and we further demonstrate that different proteins can be covalently bound to different hydrogel pads on the same substrate to create multifunctional surfaces useful in emerging bio/proteomic and sensor technologies.

Hydrogels↗