ThepreparationandcharacterizationofanimmobilizedL-glutamicdecarboxylase(GDC)werestudiedThisworkistodevelopasensitivemethodforthedeterminationofL-glutamateusinganewbiosensor,whichconsistsofanenzymecolumnreactorofGDCimmobilizedonanovelionexchangeresin(carboxymethyl-copolymerofallyldextranandN.N'-methylene-bisacrylamideCM-CADB)andionanalyzercoupledwithaCO2electrode.Theconditionsfortheenzymeimmobilizationwereoptimizedbytheparameters:buffercompositionandconcentration,adsorptionequilibrationtime,amountofenzyme,temperature,ionicstrengthandpH.ThepropertiesoftheimmobilizedenzymeonCM-CADBwerestudiedbyinvestigatingtheinitialrateoftheenzymereaction,theefffectofvariousparametersontheimmobilizedGDCactivityanditsstability.AnimmobilizedGDCenzymecolumnreactormatchedwithaflowinjectionsystem-ionanalyzercoupledwithCO2electrode-datacollectionsystemmadeuptheoriginalformoftheapparatusofbiosensorfordeterminingofL-glutamateacid.Thelimitofdetectionis1.O×1O-5M.Thelinearityresponseisintherangeof5×1O-2-5×1O-5M.Theequationoflinearregressionofthecalibrationcurveisy=43.3x+181.6(yisthemilli-voltofelectricalpotentialresponse,xisthelogarithmoftheconcentrationofthesubstrateofL-glutamateacid).Thecorrelationcoefficientequals0.99.Thecoefficientofvariationequals2.7%.
