Method and apparatus for measuring temperature changes generated by enzyme activity
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1. Method for measuring enzyme activities comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a flow path for a fluid, a portion of said flow path being elongated and having a narrow transverse cross-section compared to the length thereof, said elongated portion being confined within a heat-isolated container;
b. introducing a matrix-bound enzyme preparation into said elongated portion of the flow path;
c. inserting heat-responsive sensor in intimate heat-exchanging relationship to said matrix-bound enzyme in said elongated flow path;
d. producing a flow of fluid containing a substrate which is affected by said enzyme through said flow path, and;
e. determining the enzyme activity solely by temperature changes sensed by said sensor.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring temperature changes generated by enzyme activity consists in conducting a matrixbound enzyme through a flowpath formed by a helical coil and sensing the temperature in the immediate vicinity of the flowpath.
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1. Method for measuring enzyme activities comprising the steps of:
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a. providing a flow path for a fluid, a portion of said flow path being elongated and having a narrow transverse cross-section compared to the length thereof, said elongated portion being confined within a heat-isolated container; b. introducing a matrix-bound enzyme preparation into said elongated portion of the flow path; c. inserting heat-responsive sensor in intimate heat-exchanging relationship to said matrix-bound enzyme in said elongated flow path; d. producing a flow of fluid containing a substrate which is affected by said enzyme through said flow path, and; e. determining the enzyme activity solely by temperature changes sensed by said sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. Apparatus for measuring enzyme activity resulting from contact between matrix-bound enzyme particles and a fluid containing a substrate affected by said enzyme, comprising:
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a. a closed container immersed in a thermostatic body of liquid; b. an elongated conduit defining a flow path for said fluid containing a substrate, a first portion of said flow path being in heat-exchanging relationship to said thermostatic body of fluid, a succeeding portion of the flow path being contained within said closed container in heat-isolating relationship thereto; c. said succeeding portion of the flow path being elongated and having a narrow cross-section with respect to the length thereof; d. matrix-bound enzyme particles contained in said succeeding portion of the flow path; e. heat sensor means in heat-exchanging relationship to said matrix-bound enzyme particles, whereby enzyme activity can be determined solely by temperature changes sensed by said sensor when said substrate flows through said flow path. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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