Judul: Aktivitas dan Stabilitas Glukosa Dehidrogenase Escherichia coli yang Diimobilisasi pada Zeolit Cikembar
Abstrak: Glucose level in blood can be measured by using a glucose biosensor. Glucose biosensor commonly utilize glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) produced by microbes as the biological sensors. In this study, electrochemical method was used to measure the activity and stability of GDH from Escherichia coli ATCC25922 immobilized on Cikembar’s natural zeolite, in development of glucose biosensor. Natural zeolite as immobilization matrix was found to increase the activity and stability of the GDH. Optimization of immobilized E. coli cell’s GDH activity was carried cut with response surface method experimental design obtaining optimum conditions at 30 °C, pH 7, [glucose] 20.250 mM, [PQQ] 4.0686 μM, and 250 mg zeolite. Maximum GDH activity was obtained at [glucose] 60 mM, following Lineweaver-Burk equation with the value of 8.8289 mM for KM app and 1.2020μA for Imax app. The stability and activity of E. coli cell’s GDH was 60−70% for 24 hours. Base on these results, Cikembar’s natural zeolite can increase the activity and stability of the E. coli cell’s GDH, but the affinity and stability are still low or not maximum
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Judul: Stabilitas dan Efektivitas Biosensor Glukosa Menggunakan Escherichia coli Yang Diimobilisasi Pada Matriks Nanokomposit Zeolit
Abstrak: Biosensor combines the selectivity of biological recognition element and the sensitivity of the transducer. The application of biosensor as blood glucose measurer for diabetes mellitus patients uses purified enzyme as biological sensor. The substitution of purified enzyme with the microbial cells producing enzymes as biological sensor is carried out to overcome the weaknesses of purified enzyme such as the low stability of the enzyme activity and the high cost. This research was carried out to measure the activity of glucose dehydrogenase (GDH)–the enzyme reacting specifically with glucose as substrate and binding with both pyrolloquinoline quinone (PQQ) and Mg2+ ion as prosthetic group and activator respectively-which is exhibited by escherichia coli, using electrochemical methods Design of experiments only to optimalization the activity of GDH bacterial cells of e. coli is a method of surface response. Optimum conditions of activity of GDH derived cells of e. coli bacteria in the absence of a matrix of nanocomposite zeolite on the process of immobilization is the temperature of 30°C, pH 6, concentration of glucose 15 mM, the concentration of PQQ 3,050 μM. As for the optimum conditions for the activity of GDH bacterial cells of e. coli with matrix nanocomposite zeolite is the temperature of 30°C, pH 6, glucose concentration of 15 mM, the concentration of PQQ 3,050 μM, and nanocomposite zeolite 137,50 mg. The reaction catalyzed by GDH kinetics of Glucose Kinetics equation follows the Lineweaver-Burk. The value of KM app bacterial cells of e. coli with the larger of nanocomposite zeolite mM compared to 1,4580 without nanocomposite of zeolite matrix 0,720 mM. This shows that affinity GDH e. coli immobilization of glucose substrate without nanocomposite zeolite is greater compared to the matrix nanocomposite zeolite.GDH activity stability of bacterial cells is not much different compared with no matrix nanocomposite zeolite.
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Judul: Warna bulu kucing ras Persia : variasi pola warna dan pewarisannya
Abstrak: Kucing Persia merupakan kucing ras yang paling umum dijumpai di Indonesia. Kucing Persia memiliki bulu yang panjang dengan variasi warna bulu yang sangat beragam. Perkawinan yang lebih terarah sangat perlu dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas genetik warna dan pola warna bulu kucing. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari variasi warna dan pola warna bulu kucing Persia yang terdapat di Indonesia, yang dilakukan di kantor pusat Cat Fancy Indonesia mulai bulan Oktober 2000 sampai Januari 2001. Data yang digunakan merupakan data pedigree kucing Persia yang tercatat di Cat Fancy Indonesia dari tahun 1997 sampai Oktober 2001 yang terdiri dari 187 jantan dan 258 betina, selain itu juga dilakukan pengamatan langsung kepada tiga penyayang dan breeder kucing yang ada di Bandung. Secara umum tercatat 104 penyayang dan breeder kucing ras di Indonesia, 74,04% terdapat di Jawa Barat dan sisanya (25%) terdapat di daerah Jakarta. Jumlah kucing Persia yang lahir di Indonesia adalah 387 kucing (87,16%), yang terdiri dari 163 (42,12%) jantan dan 224 (57,88%) betina. Jumlah kucing Persia yang diimpor ke Indonesia adalah sebanyak 57 (12,845%) yang terdiri dari 23 (40,35%) jantan dan 34 (59,65%) betina. Jumlah kucing Persia yang terdapat di Jawa Barat (84,14%) lebih banyak dibanding jumlah kucing Persia yang ada di Jakarta (14,86%). Secara umum warna bulu cream (9,01%) dan pola warna solid (34,01%) memiliki persentase tertinggi. Warna cream merupakan warna dilusi dari warna merah (red) yang dapat dihasilkan dari berbagai macam kombinasi warna bulu yang dimiliki tetua sebelumnya, sebagai contoh dari perkawinan tetua yang memiliki warna bulu cream dengan red smoke. Perkawinan antara tetua yang memiliki warna dan pola warna bulu yang tidak murni dapat menghasilkan turunan yang memiliki warna dan pola warna bulu yang bervariasi.
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