High Conversion in Asymmetric Hydrolysis during Permeation through Enzyme-Multilayered Porous Hollow-Fiber Membranes

Autor: Takanobu Sugo, Kyoichi Saito, Masanori Nakamura, Tomomi Kawai, Kazuyuki Sugita
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Biotechnology Progress. 17:872-875
ISSN: 8756-7938
Popis: We describe a novel porous hollow-fiber support for immobilizing aminoacylase in multilayers. Epoxy-group-containing polymer chains were grafted onto a porous hollow-fiber membrane by radiation-induced graft polymerization of glycidyl methacrylate, and subsequently a diethylamino group as an anion-exchange group was introduced into the graft chain. Aminoacylase was adsorbed in multilayers by allowing the amioacylase buffer solution to permeate through the pores across the hollow fiber; the graft chains provided three-dimensional space for the enzymes because of their electrostatic repulsion. The adsorbed enzyme at a degree of multilayer binding of 15 was cross-linked with glutaraldehyde to prevent leakage. An acetyl-DL-methionine solution was allowed to permeate through the pores surrounded by the aminoacylase-immobilized graft chain. Production of L-methionine was observed at a 4.1 mol/h per L of the fiber for a space velocity of 200 h(-1), defined as the flow rate of the effluent penetrating the outside surface of the hollow fiber divided by the membrane volume including the lumen.
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