Issue 16, 2017

Immobilization engineering – How to design advanced sol–gel systems for biocatalysis?

Abstract

An immobilization engineering approach using bioinformatics and experimental design tools was applied to improve the sol–gel enzyme entrapment methodology. This strategy was used for the immobilization of lipase B from Candida antarctica (CaLB), a versatile enzyme widely used even on the industrial scale. The optimized entrapment of CaLB in sol–gel matrices is reported by the response-surface methodology enabling efficient process development. The immobilized CaLBs characterized by functional efficiency and enhanced recovery provided economical and green options for flow chemistry. Various ternary mixtures of sol–gel precursors allowed the creation of tailored entrapment matrices best suited for the enzyme and its targeted substrate. The sol–gel-entrapped forms of CaLB were excellent biocatalysts in the kinetic resolutions of secondary alcohols and secondary amines with aromatic or aliphatic substituents both in batch and continuous-flow biotransformations.

Graphical abstract: Immobilization engineering – How to design advanced sol–gel systems for biocatalysis?

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Mar 2017
Accepted
19 Jul 2017
First published
19 Jul 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Green Chem., 2017,19, 3927-3937

Immobilization engineering – How to design advanced sol–gel systems for biocatalysis?

D. Weiser, F. Nagy, G. Bánóczi, M. Oláh, A. Farkas, A. Szilágyi, K. László, Á. Gellért, G. Marosi, S. Kemény and L. Poppe, Green Chem., 2017, 19, 3927 DOI: 10.1039/C7GC00896A

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