Is enzyme immobilization a mature discipline? Some critical considerations to capitalize on the benefits of immobilization

JM Bolivar, JM Woodley… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Enzyme immobilization has been developing since the 1960s and although many industrial
biocatalytic processes use the technology to improve enzyme performance, still today we …

Parameters necessary to define an immobilized enzyme preparation

J Boudrant, JM Woodley, R Fernandez-Lafuente - Process Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Biocatalytic processes continue to find increasing application in industry. Therefore enzyme
immobilization has also become of increasing importance as a means of allowing enzyme …

Novozym 435: the “perfect” lipase immobilized biocatalyst?

C Ortiz, ML Ferreira, O Barbosa… - Catalysis Science & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Novozym 435 (N435) is a commercially available immobilized lipase produced by
Novozymes. It is based on immobilization via interfacial activation of lipase B from Candida …

Immobilization of lipases on hydrophobic supports: immobilization mechanism, advantages, problems, and solutions

RC Rodrigues, JJ Virgen-Ortíz, JCS Dos Santos… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lipases are the most widely used enzymes in biocatalysis, and the most utilized method for
enzyme immobilization is using hydrophobic supports at low ionic strength. This method …

On the taught new tricks of enzymes immobilization: An all-inclusive overview

RA Wahab, N Elias, F Abdullah, SK Ghoshal - Reactive and Functional …, 2020 - Elsevier
The primary means of immobilizing enzymes are to boost the enzyme productivity and
operational stability, alongside facilitating the reuse of enzymes. Notwithstanding the …

Modifying enzyme activity and selectivity by immobilization

RC Rodrigues, C Ortiz, Á Berenguer-Murcia… - Chemical society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Immobilization of enzymes may produce alterations in their observed activity, specificity or
selectivity. Although in many cases an impoverishment of the enzyme properties is observed …

Liquid lipase preparations designed for industrial production of biodiesel. Is it really an optimal solution?

RRC Monteiro, S Arana-Peña, TN da Rocha… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
There are growing demands by the biodiesel companies to get cheap lipase formulation,
preferably in liquid forms, which can give an answer to their needs. Thus, many commercial …

Glutaraldehyde in bio-catalysts design: A useful crosslinker and a versatile tool in enzyme immobilization

O Barbosa, C Ortiz, Á Berenguer-Murcia, R Torres… - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Immobilization of lipases on hydrophobic supports involves the open form of the enzyme

EA Manoel, JCS Dos Santos, DMG Freire… - Enzyme and Microbial …, 2015 - Elsevier
The lipases from Thermomyces lanuginosus and Pseudomonas cepacia have been
immobilized on octyl and cyanogen bromide (CNBr) agarose beads. The immobilization on …

Potential of different enzyme immobilization strategies to improve enzyme performance

C Garcia‐Galan, Á Berenguer‐Murcia… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
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 …