Immobilization of Acetylcholinesterase in Lipid Membranes Deposited on Self-Assembled Monolayers

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• 作者：Eftim Milkani ; Aung M. Khaing ; Fei Huang ; Daniel G. Gibson ; Scott Gridley ; Norman Garceau ; Christopher R. Lambert ; W. Grant McGimpsey
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：December 21, 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：26
• 期：24
• 页码：18884-18892
• 全文大小：1024K
• 年卷期：v.26,no.24(December 21, 2010)
• ISSN：1520-5827

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Human red blood cell acetylcholinesterase was incorporated into planar lipid membranes deposited on alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold substrates. Activity of the protein in the membrane was detected with a standard photometric assay and was determined to be similar to the protein in detergent solution or incorporated in lipid vesicles. Monolayer and bilayer lipid membranes were generated by fusing liposomes to hydrophobic and hydrophilic SAMs, respectively. Liposomes were formed by the injection method using the lipid dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC). The formation of alkanethiol SAMs and lipid monolayers on SAMs was confirmed by sessile drop goniometry, ellipsometry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. In this work, we report acetylcholinesterase immobilization in lipid membranes deposited on SAMs formed on the gold surface and compare its activity to enzyme in solution.