Volume 24, Issue 4 pp. 580-584
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Improving the Enzyme Catalytic Efficiency Using Ionic Liquids with Kosmotropic Anions

Hua Zhao

Hua Zhao

Project supported by the NIH-EARDA grant (No. 5G11HD32861-08) and the National Science Foundation MAGEC-STEM Summer Research Program (2005).

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Sophia Campbell

Sophia Campbell

Chemistry Program, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia 31404, USA

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Jonathan Solomon

Jonathan Solomon

Chemistry Program, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia 31404, USA

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Zhi-Yan Song

Zhi-Yan Song

Chemistry Program, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia 31404, USA

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Olarongbe Olubajo

Olarongbe Olubajo

Chemistry Program, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia 31404, USA

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First published: 05 April 2006
Citations: 32

Abstract

The kosmotropicity of cations and anions in ionic liquids has a strong influence on the enzyme catalytic efficiency in aqueous environments. The kosmotropic anion CF3COO seemed to activate the protease, and the chaotropic anions tended to destabilize the enzyme.

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