Enzyme immobilization has been developing since the 1960s and although many industrial
biocatalytic processes use the technology to improve enzyme performance, still today we …

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 …

Enzyme immobilization often achieves reusable biocatalysts with improved operational
stability and solvent resistance. However, these modifications are generally associated with …

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 …

Glucose detection is of great significance in biomedical applications. Principles, methods
and recent developments in electrochemical glucose sensors are reviewed here. Special …

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

A heterofunctional support for enzyme immobilization may be defined as that which
possesses several distinct functionalities on its surface able to interact with a protein. We will …

Papain is a cysteine protease from papaya, with many applications due to its broad
specificity. This paper reviews for first time the immobilization of papain on different supports …

Chemical modification of enzymes and immobilization used to be considered as separate
ways to improve enzyme properties. This review shows how the coupled use of both tools …

Pepsin is a protease used in many different applications, and in many instances, it is utilized
in an immobilized form to prevent contamination of the reaction product. This enzyme has …