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An immobilized multienzyme- and cathodic amperometry-based biosensor for sucrose was constructed for the analysis of food and fermentation samples. The multienzyme system, comprising invertase, mutarotase and glucose oxidase (GOD), was immobilized by using glutaraldehyde as cross-linking agent. Operating parameters of the biosensor for the estimation of sucrose in the range 1–10% were standardized. Response surface methodology (RSM) based on three-factor, three-variable design was used to evaluate the effect of important variables (concentration of enzymes, (varied in the range invertase (10–50 IU), mutarotase (5–105 IU) and GOD (1–9 IU)) on the response of biosensor. In the range of parameters studied, response time decreased with decrease in the invertase and with increase in mutarotase and GOD. Mutarotase concentration above 75 IU was found to result in an increased response time due to inhibition of mutarotase by its product β-D-glucose. The optimal conditions achieved for the analysis of sucrose were: invertase 10 IU, mutarotase 40 IU, and GOD 9 IU. With these conditions, the predicted and actual experimental response time values were 2.26 and 2.35 min respectively, showing good agreement.
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Gouda, M., Thakur, M. & Karanth, N. Optimization of the multienzyme system for sucrose biosensor by response surface methodology. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 17, 595–600 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012473522593
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