Affinity porous glass

The adsorption of biomolecules onto carriers that are insoluble in water is the simplest method of immobilization. An aqueous solution of the biomolecules is contacted with the active carrier material for a defined period of time. Thereafter the molecules that are not adsorbed are removed by washing. Anionic and cationic ion exchange resins, active charcoal, silica gel, clay, aluminum oxide, porous glass, and ceramics are being currently used as active material. The carrier should exhibit high affinity and capacity for the biomolecule and the latter must remain active in the adsorbed state. The carrier should adsorb neither reaction products nor inhibitors of the biocatalyst. 

Km reflects the affinity between the enzyme and the substrate, and the Km of immobilized enzyme changes little or much, depending on the interaction between immobilized enzyme and carrier. When enzyme is immobilized using carrier binding, due to the electrostatic interaction between the immobilized enzyme and the carrier. Km of the immobilized enzyme decreases. Maximum reaction rate may differ in terms of fixed methods. The maximum reaction rate of the invertase, immobilized by porous glass using covalent binding method is the same as the free enzyme while the maximum reaction rate of the invertase embedded by... 

Thirsty Glass, porous glass (q.v.), so-called because of its affinity for moisture. Thirting. Cutting ball clay into blocks about 0.25m cube. 

Several wide-porous affinity and size-exclusion chromatographic supports were prepared by Ivanov, Zubov et al. by means of acylation of aminopropyl-glass supports by copolymers of N-vinyl pyrrolidone (N-VP,1) and acryloyl chloride (AC,2), M = 7700 and 35000 respectively [50, 51]. The copolymers prepared by free radical copolymerization contain their units almost in equimolar proportion, with high tendency to alternation expected from the copolymerization parameters (rj = 0.035, r2 = 0.15 [52]). Residual carbonyl chloride groups of the chemisorbed copolymer could be transformed to 2-hydroxyethylamides which were solely... 

Chromatography. A procedure for separating chemically similar molecules. Segregation is usually carried out on paper or in glass or metal columns with the help of different solvents. The paper or glass columns contain porous solids with functional groups that have limited affinities for the molecules being separated. 

Thin layer chromatography (TLC) A chromatographic technique employing a porous medium of glass coated with a stationary phase. An extract is spotted near the bottom of the medium and placed in a chamber with solvent (mobile phase). The solvent moves up the medium and separates the components of the extract, based on affinities for the medium and solvent. 

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