Chlorpyrifos degradation efficiency of Bacillus sp. laccase immobilized on iron magnetic nanoparticles

P. Srinivasan, T. Selvankumar, Bilal Ahamad Paray, Muneeb U. Rehman, S. Kamala-Kannan, M. Govarthanan, Woong Kim, K. Selvam

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Abstract

The present study explored the immobilization of laccase onto iron magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) to enhance its enzymatic properties and applications. The immobilization process was optimized using Box–Behnken design (BBD). BBD showed significance towards the quadratic model with experimental data. Maximum laccase activity recovery (99%) of the predicted model was observed at 0.75 mg/mL of laccase concentration, 200 mg/mL of MNPs, 0.3% cross linking with carbodiimide, and 3 h of cross-linking time. The magnetization activity of MNPs (8 emu/g) and the immobilized laccase with MNPs (4 emu/g) was analyzed using vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Maximum activity of immobilized laccase was observed at pH 7.0 and 55 °C. The immobilized laccase has greater stability (100 h) and significant chlorpyrifos (pesticide) degradation activity. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) results confirmed the degraded metabolic products of chlorpyrifos. In all, the immobilized laccase was superior to free laccase, showing promising structural and application characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number366
Journal3 Biotech
Volume10
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2020

Keywords

  • Immobilization
  • Laccase
  • Magnetic nanoparticles
  • Optimization
  • Pesticides

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