Abstract
It is shown that receptacle tissue of the rose of sharon can serve as an effective biocatalyst by the construction of a potentiometric membrane electrode with response and selectivity for arginine. Electrodes using this tissue in conjunction with $NH_3$ gas sensing probes yield good response to arginine in $10^{-1}M to 10^{-3}M$ range and retain activity for a least 1 weeks. The arginine-selective membrane electrode using tissue slices of the rose of sharon have good selectivity in presence of other amino acids. The optimum conditions are pH 8.0, $25^{\circ}C$ and $20 {\mu}m$ thickness of slices in 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution and $K_m$ values is $6.4 {\times} 10^{-6}(M)$.
흰 무궁화꽃의 씨방을 이용하여 Tissue electrode를 제조하고, L-arginine을 정량하기 위한 최적조건을 조사한 결과 0.1M phosphate 완충용액에서 pH 8.0, 온도 $25^{\circ}C$, 조직두께 $20 {\mu}m$이었을 때이며, 이에 정량 가능한 직선범위는 $5.0 {\times} 10^{-3}M $∼ $1.0 {\times} 10^{-1}M$이었으며, 감응도는 54.0 mV/decade로 나타났고, 감응시간은 7∼8분이 소요되었다. $K_m$값은 $6.4 {\times} 10^{-6}(M)$이다.