Immobilization of the enzyme GpdQ on magnetite nanoparticles for organophosphate pesticide bioremediation

Daumann, Lena J; Larrabee, James A; Ollis, David; Schenk, Gerhard; Gahan, Lawrence

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Immobilization of the enzyme GpdQ on magnetite nanoparticles for organophosphate pesticide bioremediation

Date

2014

Authors

Daumann, Lena J

Larrabee, James A

Ollis, David

Schenk, Gerhard

Gahan, Lawrence

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Annually thousands of people die or suffer from organophosphate (pesticide) poisoning. In order to remove these toxic compounds from the environment, the use of enzymes as bioremediators has been proposed. We report here a Ser127Ala mutant based on the en