Determination of monophenolase activity based on backpropagation neural network analysis of three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy.

Journal: Journal of biotechnology
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Abstract

Tyrosinase is pivotal for melanin formation. Measuring monophenolase activity is of great importance for both fundamental research and industrial applications. For the first time, a backpropagation (BP) artificial neural network with three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy was applied for the real-time determination of tyrosinase monophenolase activity. Principal component analysis (PCA) was utilized for the dimension reduction of three-dimensional fluorescence data. The four principal components served as inputs for the neural network. Network parameters were optimized using a genetic algorithm (GA). BP learning algorithm was applied to train the network model to determine tyrosine levels in a binary mixture containing tyrosine and L-DOPA without any chemical separation. The time course of tyrosine consumption by monophenolase was determined to calculate the initial velocity of the enzymatic reaction. The limit of detection of the monophenolase assay was 0.0615 U·mL. This combined strategy of PCA, GAs, and BP artificial neural networks for three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy was efficient for the real-time and in-situ determination of monophenolase activity in a cascade reaction.

Authors

  • Weikang Tang
    Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
  • Ling Zhang
  • Qinfei Chen
    Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
  • Mengqi Han
    Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 98 XiWu Road, Xi'an, 710004, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
  • Chan Chen
    Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
  • Wenbin Liu
    Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital.