The use of enzymes in industrial processes requires the improvement of their features in
many instances. Enzyme immobilization, a requirement to facilitate the recovery and reuse …

Immobilization and purification of enzymes are usual requirements for their industrial use.
Both purification and immobilization have a common factor: they use a solid activated …

Glutaraldehyde is one of the most widely used reagents in the design of biocatalysts. It is a
powerful crosslinker, able to react with itself, with the advantages that this may bring forth. In …

Chitosan is one of the most abundant natural polymer worldwide, and due to its inherent
characteristics, its use in industrial processes has been extensively explored. Because it is …

Enzyme biocatalysis plays a very relevant role in the development of many chemical
industries, eg, energy, food or fine chemistry. To achieve this goal, enzyme immobilization is …

Agarose is a polysaccharide obtained from some seaweeds, with a quite particular structure
that allows spontaneous gelation. Agarose-based beads are highly porous, mechanically …

This review discusses the possible roles of polyethylenimine (PEI) in the design of improved
immobilized biocatalysts from diverse perspectives. This includes their use to activate …

In spite of their excellent catalytic properties, enzyme properties have to be usually improved
before their implementation at industrial scale (where many cycles of high yield processes …

Enzyme stabilization has notable importance due to increasing number of enzyme
applications. Stabilization of enzymes in order to realize their full potential as catalysts is …

The lipase from Thermomyces laguginosus (formerly Humicola laguginosa)(TLL) is a
basophilic and noticeably thermostable enzyme, commercially available in both soluble and …