CELLULASE TREATMENT OF COTTON FABRICS .2. INHIBITORY EFFECT OF SURFACTANTS ON CELLULASE CATALYTIC REACTION

Citation
M. Ueda et al., CELLULASE TREATMENT OF COTTON FABRICS .2. INHIBITORY EFFECT OF SURFACTANTS ON CELLULASE CATALYTIC REACTION, Textile research journal, 64(10), 1994, pp. 615-618
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Materiales Science, Textiles
Journal title
ISSN journal
00405175
Volume
64
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
615 - 618
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-5175(1994)64:10<615:CTOCF.>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We have studied the rate of catalytic hydrolysis of cotton fabrics by a cellulase enzyme in the presence of surfactants in treatment solutio n. We found that both anionic and cationic surfactants apparently inhi bit the cellulase catalytic reaction, whereas nonionic surfactant do n ot. The inhibitory actions of the surfactants are similar to that of d yes that were studied in a previous paper. The actions have been attri buted to the electrostatic interactions between charged inhibitory com pounds and the cellulase enzyme in a treatment solution and on the cot ton substrate.