期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC
卷 35, 期 4-6, 页码 93-99出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2005.05.006
关键词
ester synthesis; lipase; immobilisation; silicone; emulsion
Because of the broad versatility of lipases as biocatalysts, interest has for some years been focused on the improvement of the economy of processes using these enzymes, especially by appropriate immobilisation. In this study, a method was developed to emulsify aqueous solutions of lipase A of Candida antarctica (CALA) and lipase of Thermomyces lanuginosa (TLL) in silicone elastomers yielding elastic beads. The persistent water-organic interface created by this static emulsion enabled an improved performance of the immobilised lipases due to the well known fact that from a kinetic point of view these enzymes show a higher efficiency in biphasic than in monophasic systems. The entrapped lipases catalysed the esterification of octanol and caprylic acid in hexane with an activity that, related to the free enzyme, was enhanced about 31-fold for CALA and 250-fold for TLL. Comparison to the activity of the same enzymes in sol-gels revealed that for CALA immobilisation in static emulsion was the only method yielding active biocatalysts, whereas activation of TLL was in the same range in static emulsion and sol-gels. However, apparent activity of TLL in static emulsion was considerably higher than in sol-gels due to the feasible high enzyme loading. The results indicate that immobilising lipases as static emulsion is a technique suitable for biotechnological application. Moreover, a transfer to enzymes of other classes seems possible. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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