Highly Selective Entrapment of His-Tagged Enzymes on Superparamagnetic Zirconium-Based MOFs with Robust Renewability to Enhance pH and Thermal Stability
Bin Wei, Haichang Xu, Leiyu Cheng, Qipeng Yuan, Changxia Liu, Huiling Gao, Hao Liang
Abstract
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), as a kind of poriferous nanoparticle, are promising candidates for enzyme immobilization to enhance their stability and reusability. However, most MOFs could not specifically immobilize enzymes and regenerate easily, which inevitably leads to serious high consumption and environmental pollution. In this study, renewable and magnetic MOFs were first constructed to specially immobilize His-tagged enzymes from the cell lysates without purification. The immobilized β-glucuronidase exhibited wider pH adaptability and temperature stability. The relative activity of immobilized β-glucuronidase was still maintained at ∼80% after eight cycles. Importantly, after simple treatment, the immobilization capacity of regenerated MOFs after simple treatment was restored to more than 90% in the first three times. The specific magnetic MOFs were proven to be an efficient and renewable platform for one-step immobilization and purification of His-tagged enzymes, showing great potential in industrial applications of nanotechnology and biocatalysis.