• Title/Summary/Keyword: QCM-precipitation sensor

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Optimization of Quartz Crystal Microbalance-Precipitation Sensor Measuring Acetylcholinesterase Activity

  • Kim, Nam-Soo;Park, In-Seon;Kim, Dong-Kyung
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.1523-1528
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    • 2006
  • The optimization of a batch-type quartz crystal microbalance (QCM)-precipitation sensor measuring acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity was conducted. To covalently bind AChE onto the gold electrode of a QCM surface, glutaraldehyde cross-linking to a cystamine self-assembled monolayer was tried at different cystamine concentrations. At the optimum conditions of the QCM-precipitation sensor, 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer (pH 8.0), containing 0.01% Tween 80, was used as the reaction buffer, with the enzyme amount of 5 units for immobilization and the substrate concentration of 50 mg/ml. The current biosensor might find a future applicability to the sum parameter detection on organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides.