In
this study, nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid-modified viruslike
mesoporous silica nanoparticles (Ni-NTA-VMSN) were fabricated by a
facile method for the first time. The Ni2+ ions on the
surface of Ni-NTA-VMSN provided abundant anchoring sites for directly
selective oriented immobilization of His-tagged proteins from crude
enzymes. By incubation of the Ni-NTA-VMSN in the His-tagged organophosphohydrolase
(OpdA)-contained cell lysates, a nanobiocatalyst, OpdA@Ni-NTA-VMSN,
could be constructed. At the optimal immobilization conditions, the
specific activity of OpdA@Ni-NTA-VMSN was 353.0 U/gprotein, which was slightly higher than that of free OpdA in cell lysates.
The substrate’s affinity capacity of OpdA became higher after
oriented immobilization, and the OpdA@Ni-NTA-VMSN exhibited excellent
catalytic activity and stability. In addition, when OpdA@Ni-NTA-VMSN
was applied in a plug-flow reactor, the degradation percent of methyl
parathion could be maintained at more than 90% with the injection
of 20 mL of reaction mixture. Thus, the Ni-NTA-VMSN will be a promising
material for purifying and immobilizing His-tagged enzymes. The proposed
OpdA@Ni-NTA-VMSN will be an excellent nanobiocatalyst for biodegradation
of organophosphorus pesticides.