Abstract
Phytase is the commercial enzyme for bioconversion of phytate substrate to digestible phosphate ions. Recently silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) have received great attention as the optical transducer nanoparticles in biosensors structure. The novel detection platform was developed to detect the phytase enzyme activity and phosphate ions based on fluorescence quenching of AgNCs. The AgNCs were synthesized through gelatin supported reaction and characterized by TEM, FTIR and XRD analysis. The hydrolytic effect of phytase enzyme and subsequent phosphate release led to suppression of AgNCs fluorescence. The linear range was observed for enzyme in the range of 0.5–5 U/mL with the detection limit of 0.2 U/mL. Also, the same fluorescence quenching effect was observed in the presence of phosphate ion in the linear range of 1 to 16 µM with a detection limit of 0.5 µM. The proposed mechanism showed effectiveness of detection strategy for detection of phytase enzyme and phosphate ion.
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