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A novel multi-enzyme immobilized biocatalyst for Biodegradation of p,p'-DDT

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

Growing concerns over environmental pollution have necessitated the development of new-generation environmental protection technologies. Multi-enzyme biocatalysts offer a promising approach for reducing pollution caused by organic wastes. However, the recovery of free-form multienzymes is challenging, resulting in high costs and low production efficiency, limiting their application in bioremediation. In this study, we devised a sensitive and stable enzyme biocatalyst by covalently immobilizing multi-enzymes onto nano-silica using glutaraldehyde. Ligninolytic enzymes (laccase, aryl alcohol oxidase, lignin peroxidase, and manganese peroxidase) were produced from Pleurotus ostreatus (NRRL-2366) under submerged fermentation. Enzymes were partially purified through ammonium sulfate precipitation and dialysis. These purified enzymes were immobilized on nano-silica. The resulting immobilized enzymes biocatalyst exhibited stability and activity across a pH range of 4 to 9 and a temperature range of 20 to 55 °C. Immobilization of laccase, lignin peroxidase, manganese peroxidase, and aryl-alcohol oxidase achieved residual activities of 77%, 62.5%, 41.59%, and 28.21%, respectively, after three consecutive batches. Immobilized enzymes biocatalyst effectively degraded p,p'-DDT, and its complete degradation was achieved after incubation at pH 5 and 30 °C for 12 hours, as confirmed by GC-MS analysis. The GC-MS analysis revealed the detection of eleven major metabolites during the degradation process, which were utilized to predict the degradation pathway.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.259255.9113

Keywords

multienzymes, Immobilization, Biocatalyst, p,p' -DDT, Biodegradation, Silica nanoparticles

Authors

First Name

Tamer

Last Name

Salem

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Affiliation

1Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, 12619 Giza, Egypt.

Email

tamer_salem43@yahoo.com

City

Giza District

Orcid

-

First Name

Nashwa

Last Name

Fetyan

MiddleName

A.H.

Affiliation

1Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, 12619 Giza, Egypt.

Email

nashwa.fetyan@arc.sci.eg

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0001-7973-7299

First Name

Farag

Last Name

Malhat

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

2Central Laboratory for Environmental Quality Monitoring (CLEQM), Agriculture Research Center, 12619 Giza, Egypt.

Email

fmmalhat@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-5115-876X

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Abdelhafez

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

3 Department of Soils and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley University- Egypt 3 National Committee of Soil Science, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology- Egypt

Email

ahmed.aziz@agr.nvu.edu.eg

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Amal

Last Name

Ramadan

MiddleName

I

Affiliation

4 National Water Research Center (NWRC), Cairo, Egypt.

Email

china.hafssa@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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-

Volume

67

Article Issue

12

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50716

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2023-12-29

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

21

Page End

36

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_360776.html

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360,776

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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A novel multi-enzyme immobilized biocatalyst for Biodegradation of p,p'-DDT

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Created At

30 Dec 2024