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Glucose Oxidase from Aspergillus niger

2,000-10,000 units/g solid (without added oxygen)

Synonym(s):

β-D-Glucose:oxygen 1-oxidoreductase, G.Od., GOx

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UNSPSC Code:
12352204

form

powder

specific activity

2,000-10,000 units/g solid (without added oxygen)

mol wt

160 kDa

storage temp.

−20°C

InChI

1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2-3(8)4(9)5(10)6(11)12-2/h2-11H,1H2/t2-,3-,4+,5-,6-/m1/s1

InChI key

WQZGKKKJIJFFOK-VFUOTHLCSA-N

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General description

Molecular Weight: 160 kDa (gel filtration)
pI: 4.2
Extinction coefficient: E1% = 16.7 (280 nm)

Glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger is a dimer consisting of 2 equal subunits with a molecular mass of 80 kDa each. Each subunit contains one flavin adenine dinulceotide moiety and one iron. The enzyme is a glycoprotein containing ~16% neutral sugar and 2% amino sugars. The enzyme also contains 3 cysteine residues and 8 potential sites for N-linked glycosylation.

Glucose oxidase is capable of oxidizing D-aldohexoses, monodeoxy-D-glucoses, and methyl-D-glucoses at varying rates.

The pH optimum for glucose oxidase is 5.5, while it has a broad activity range of pH 4-7. Glucose oxidase is specific for β-D-glucose with a KM of 33-110 mM.

Glucose oxidase does not require any activators, but it is inhibited by Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, phenylmercuric acetate, and p-chloromercuribenzoate. It is not inhibited by the nonmetallic SH reagents: N-ethylmaleimide, iodoacetate, and iodoacetamide.

Glucose oxidase can be utilized in the enzymatic determination of D-glucose in solution. As glucose oxidase oxidizes β-D-glucose to D-gluconolactate and hydrogen peroxide, horseradish peroxidase is often used as the coupling enzyme for glucose determination. Although glucose oxidase is specific for β-D-glucose, solutions of D-glucose can be quantified as α-D-glucose will mutorotate to β-D-glucose as the β-D-glucose is consumed by the enzymatic reaction.

Application

Glucose oxidase is widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industries as well as a major component of glucose biosensors.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Glucose oxidase catalyses the oxidation of β-d-glucose to d-glucono-β-lactone and hydrogen peroxide, with molecular oxygen as an electron acceptor.

Quality

Crude. May contain catalase, amylase, maltase, glycogenase, invertase, and galactose oxidase.

Unit Definition

One unit will oxidize 1.0 μmole of β-D-glucose to D-gluconolactone and H2O2 per min at pH 5.1 at 35 °C, equivalent to an O2 uptake of 22.4 μl per min. If the reaction mixture is saturated with oxygen, the activity may increase by up to 100%.

Analysis Note

Protein determined by biuret.

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Health hazard

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Precautionary Statements

Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Habib Razmi et al.
Biosensors & bioelectronics, 41, 498-504 (2012-10-27)
Graphene quantum dots (GQD) were introduced as a novel and suitable substrate for enzyme immobilization. Glucose oxidase (GOx) was immobilized on GQD modified carbon ceramic electrode (CCE) and well-defined quasi-reversible redox peaks were observed. The UV-vis photoluminescence spectroscopy, transition electron
Rong Hu et al.
Biosensors & bioelectronics, 41, 442-445 (2012-10-16)
A universal sensing platform for fluorescence turn-on detection of biomolecules is developed based on Fenton reaction triggered molecular beacon cleavage. Due to its high quenching efficiency, molecular beacons (MBs)-based sensing systems usually show low background fluorescence and large signal-to-background ratio.
Kun Deng et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 759, 61-65 (2012-12-25)
In this work, a new label-free electrochemical aptamer-based sensor (aptasensor) was constructed for detection of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) based on the direct electrochemistry of glucose oxidase (GOD). For this proposed aptasensor, poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA)-protected graphene-gold nanoparticles (P-Gra-GNPs) composite was
Yinhui Yi et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49(6), 612-614 (2012-12-12)
Si quantum dots have been demonstrated to be environmentally friendly photoluminescence probes and their fluorescence was quenched by H(2)O(2) that was produced from the glucose oxidase-catalyzed oxidation of glucose. This strategy could be used to detect glucose with high sensitivity
Karnit Bahartan et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(98), 11957-11959 (2012-11-06)
Yeast displaying glucose oxidase on their surface were encapsulated in a graphene oxide hydrogel. The ability of the modified yeast to reduce graphene oxide by glucose assimilation while maintaining viability was tested with time and deemed suitable for biofuel cell

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