Pedosphere 12(4): 339--348, 2002
ISSN 1002-0160/CN 32-1315/P
©2002 Soil Science Society of China
Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press
Adsorption of acid phosphatase on minerals and soil colloids in presence of citrate and phosphate
HUANG Qiao-Yun1, CHEN Wen-Li1, L. GIANFREDA2 and A. VIOLANTE2
1 Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070 (China)
2 Dipartimento di Scienze Chimico-Agrarie, University of Naples, via Universita 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli (Italy)
ABSTRACT
      The aim of this work was to study the influence of phosphate and citrate, which are common inorganic and organic anions in soils, on the adsorption of acid phosphatase by kaolin, goethite and the colloids separated from yellow-brown soil (YBS) and latosol (LS) in central-south China. The YBS colloid has the major clay mineral composition of 1.4 nm mineral, illite and kaolinite while the LS colloid mainly contains kaolinite and oxides. The adsorption isotherm of acid phosphatase on the examined soil colloids and minerals fitted to the Langmuir model. The amount of enzyme adsorbed in the absence of ligands was in the order of YBS colloid > LS colloid > kaolin ≈ goethite. In the presence of phosphate or citrate, the amounts of the enzyme adsorbed followed the sequence YBS colloid > kaolin > LS colloid > goethite. The presence of ligands also decreased the binding energy between the enzyme and soil colloids or minerals. With the increase of ligand concentration from 10 mmol L-1 to 400 m mol L-1, different behaviors for the adsorption of enzyme were found in the colloid and mineral systems studied. A sharp decrease in enzyme adsorption was observed on goethite while gradual decreases of enzyme adsorption were recorded in the two soil colloid systems. However, no any decrease was found for the amount of enzyme adsorbed on kaolin at higher ligand concentrations. When phosphate or citrate was introduced to the system before the addition of enzyme, the ligands usually enhanced the adsorption of enzyme. The results obtained in this study suggested the important role of kaolinite mineral in the adsorption of enzyme molecules in acidic soils in the presence of various ligands.
Key Words:  acid phosphatase, adsorption, goethite, kaolin, soil colloid
Citation: Huang, Q. Y., Chen, W. L., Gianfreda, L. and Violante, A. 2002. Adsorption of acid phosphatase on minerals and soil colloids in presence of citrate and phosphate. Pedosphere. 12(4): 339-348.
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