Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6588182 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
A microreactor containing lipase-nanoporous material composites was developed and employed in the hydrolysis reaction of a triglyceride. Lipase used as a model enzyme was encapsulated in two types of folded-sheet mesoporous silicas, FSM4 and FSM7, with pore diameters of approximately 4 and 7Â nm, respectively. Direct microspectroscopic analysis of fluorescently labeled lipase immobilized in the FSM-containing microreactor revealed that the enzyme did not leach into the solution during the hydrolysis of the triglyceride, because of the stable immobilization of the enzyme. The lipase-FSM composites contained in the microreactor displayed higher enzymatic activity than those in a batch experiment. These results demonstrate that the enzyme microreactor using mesoporous silica was successfully constructed and that it exhibited high enzyme reactivities.
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Authors
Shun-ichi Matsuura, Ryo Ishii, Tetsuji Itoh, Satoshi Hamakawa, Tatsuo Tsunoda, Takaaki Hanaoka, Fujio Mizukami,