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- Title
Antibacterial functionalization of wool fabric via immobilizing lysozymes.
- Authors
Qiang Wang; Xuerong Fan; Yingjun Hu; Jiugang Yuan; Li Cui; Ping Wang
- Abstract
Abstract Greater attention has been given to enzymatic processes of textiles as effective alternatives to conventional chemical treatments because of the non-toxic and eco-friendly characteristics of enzymes as well as the increasingly important requirement for reducing pollution in textile production. A new functionalization method for wool fabrics based on immobilization of lysozymes was investigated in this paper. Wool fabric was first activated with glutaraldehyde, and then employed to covalently immobilize lysozymes. Main immobilization parameters were optimized in terms of the activity of immobilized enzyme. A high activity of the immobilized enzyme was obtained when the fabric was activated at 25 °C for 6 h in a bath containing with 0.2% of glutaraldehyde followed by the immobilization at 4 °C and pH 7.0 for 6 h with 5 g l−1 lysozyme. The scanning electron microscopy and staining tests based on modified Coomassie protein assay (Bradford method) revealed that the lysozyme was fixed covalently on the wool fabric. Wool fabrics immobilizing lysozymes presented a higher ratio of bacteriostasis to Staphylococcus aureus. The durability of antibacterial wool was assessed and the lysozyme immobilized on wool fabric retained ca. 43% of its activity after five cycles of use when taking the activity of the immobilized lysozyme before using as reference.
- Subjects
ANTIBACTERIAL agents; WOOL textiles; IMMOBILIZED enzymes; LYSOZYMES; POLLUTION prevention; SCANNING electron microscopy; STAINS &; staining (Microscopy); STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus
- Publication
Bioprocess & Biosystems Engineering, 2009, Vol 32, Issue 5, p633
- ISSN
1615-7591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00449-008-0286-5