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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 89-94Publisher
KOREAN SOC BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENGINEERING
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-016-0381-4
Keywords
bacterial cellulose; chitosan; hydrogel bead; lipase; immobilization
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- Konkuk University
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In this work, we report the preparation of bacterial cellulose (BC)-chitosan composite hydrogel beads by co-dissolution of BC and chitosan in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate and subsequent reconstitution with distilled water. The BC-chitosan hydrogel beads were used as enzyme supports for immobilizing Candida rugosa lipase by physical adsorption and covalent cross-linking. BC-chitosan hydrogel beads immobilized lipase more efficiently than microcrystalline cellulose (MCC)-chitosan hydrogel beads. The amount of protein adsorbed onto BC-chitosan beads was 3.9 times higher than that adsorbed onto MCC-chitosan beads, and the catalytic activity of lipase was 1.9 times higher on the BC-chitosan beads. The lipase showed the highest thermal and operational stability when covalently cross-linked on BC-chitosan hydrogel beads. The half-life time of the lipase cross-linked on BC-chitosan bead at 60 degrees C was 22.7 times higher than that of free lipase. Owing to their inherent biocompatibility and biodegradability, the BC-chitosan composite hydrogel beads described here could be used to immobilize proteins for various biomedical, environmental, and biocatalytic applications.
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