Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 7, Issue 33, Pages 18832-18842Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05668
Keywords
enzyme immobilization; alpha-amylase; layered double hydroxides; biohybrid materials; starch converting; adsorption; biomolecules; hydrotalcites
Funding
- CNPq [CNPq 400655/2013-6]
- CNPq Young Talent Fellowship [CNPq 313029/2013-0]
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The design of new biocatalysts through the immobilization of enzymes, improving their stability and reuse, plays a major role in the development of sustainable methodologies toward the so-called green chemistry. In this work, alpha-amylase (AAM) biocatalyst based on Mg3Al-layered double-hydroxide (LDH) matrix was successfully developed with the adsorption method. The adsorption process was studied and optimized as a function of time and enzyme concentration. The biocatalyst was characterized, and the mechanism of interaction between AAM and LDH, as well as the immobilization effects on the catalytic activity, was elucidated. The adsorption process was fast and irreversible, thus yielding a stable biohybrid material. The immobilized AAM partially retained its enzymatic activity, and the biocatalyst rapidly hydrolyzed starch in an aqueous solution with enhanced efficiency at intermediate loading values of ca. SO mg/g of AAM/LDH. Multiple attachments through electrostatic interactions affected the conformation of the immobilized enzyme on the LDH surface. The biocatalyst was successfully stored in its dry form, retaining 100% of its catalytic activity. The results reveal the potential usefulness of a LDH compound as a support of alpha-amylase for the hydrolysis of starch that may be applied in industrial and pharmaceutical processes as a simple, environmentally friendly, and low-cost biocatalyst.
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