Effective biocatalytic transgalactosylation in a supercritical fluid using a lipid-coated enzyme

Abstract

A lipid-coated β-D-galactosidase is soluble and acts as an efficient trangalactosylation catalyst (the reverse hydrolysis reaction) in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂).

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