Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 406-412Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1508
Keywords
interfacial activated lipases; esterification; butyl acetate; CALB; Novozym 435; styrene-divinylbenzene beads
Funding
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [CTQ2009-07568]
- CNPq (The Brazilian Bureau of Science and Technology)
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion
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A new biocatalyst of lipase B from Candida antarctica (MCI-CALB) immobilized on styrenedivinylbenzene beads (MCI GEL CHP20P) was compared with the commercial Novozym 435 (immobilized lipase) in terms of their performances as biocatalysts for the esterification of acetic acid and n-butanol. The effects of experimental conditions on reaction rates differed for each biocatalyst, showing different optimal values for water content, temperature, and substrate molar ratio. MCI-CALB could be used at higher acid concentrations, up to 0.5 M, while Novozym 435 became inactivated at these acid concentrations. Although Novozym 435 exhibited 30% higher initial activity than MCI-CALB for the butyl acetate synthesis, the reaction course was much more linear using the new preparation, meaning that the MCI-CALB allows for higher productivities per cycle. Both preparations produced around 90% of yield conversions after only 2 h of reaction, using 10% (mass fraction) of enzyme. However, the main advantage of the new biocatalyst was the superior performance during reuse. While Novozym 435 was fully inactivated after only two batches, MCI-CALB could be reused for six consecutive cycles without any washings and keeping around 70% of its initial activity. It is proposed that this effect is due to the higher hydrophobicity of the new support, which does not retain water or acid in the enzyme environment. MCI-CALB has shown to be a very promising biocatalyst for the esterification of small-molecule acids and alcohols. (c) 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog.,, 2012
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