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Molecules ; 22(12)2017 Dec 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29215558

ABSTRACT

Enzymes serve as biocatalysts for innumerable important reactions, however, their application has limitations, which can in many cases be overcome by using appropriate immobilization strategies. Here, a new support for immobilizing enzymes is proposed. This hybrid organic-inorganic support is composed of chitosan-a natural, nontoxic, biodegradable, and edible biopolymer-and sodium polyphosphate as the inorganic component. Lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB) was immobilized on microspheres by encapsulation using these polymers. The characterization of the composites (by infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and confocal Raman microscopy) confirmed the hybrid nature of the support, whose external part consisted of polyphosphate and core was composed of chitosan. The immobilized enzyme had the following advantages: possibility of enzyme reuse, easy biocatalyst recovery, increased resistance to variations in temperature (activity declined from 60 °C and the enzyme was inactivated at 80 °C), and increased catalytic activity in the transesterification reactions. The encapsulated enzymes were utilized as biocatalysts for transesterification reactions to produce the compound responsible for the aroma of jasmine.


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Benzyl Compounds/chemical synthesis , Chitosan/chemistry , Enzymes, Immobilized/chemistry , Fungal Proteins/chemistry , Lipase/chemistry , Polyphosphates/chemistry , Adsorption , Biocatalysis , Candida/chemistry , Candida/enzymology , Enzymes, Immobilized/isolation & purification , Esterification , Fungal Proteins/isolation & purification , Lipase/isolation & purification , Microspheres , Spectrum Analysis/methods
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