Magnetically Agitated Nanoparticle-Based Batch Reactors for Biocatalysis with Immobilized Aspartate Ammonia-Lyase

Autor: László Poppe, Diána Balogh-Weiser, Pál Csuka, Balázs Decsi, Evelin Sánta-Bell, Ali Obaid Imarah, Naran Bataa, Zsófia Molnár
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Catalysts, Vol 11, Iss 483, p 483 (2021)
Catalysts
Volume 11
Issue 4
ISSN: 2073-4344
Popis: In this study, we investigated the influence of different modes of magnetic mixing on effective enzyme activity of aspartate ammonia-lyase from Pseudomonas fluorescens immobilized onto epoxy-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles by covalent binding (AAL-MNP). The effective specific enzyme activity of AAL-MNPs in traditional shake vial method was compared to the specific activity of the MNP-based biocatalyst in two devices designed for magnetic agitation. The first device agitated the AAL-MNPs by moving two permanent magnets at two opposite sides of a vial in x-axis direction (being perpendicular to the y-axis of the vial)
the second device unsettled the MNP biocatalyst by rotating the two permanent magnets around the y-axis of the vial. In a traditional shake vial, the substrate and biocatalyst move in the same direction with the same pattern. In magnetic agitation modes, the MNPs responded differently to the external magnetic field of two permanent magnets. In the axial agitation mode, MNPs formed a moving cloud inside the vial, whereas in the rotating agitation mode, they formed a ring. Especially, the rotating agitation of the MNPs generated small fluid flow inside the vial enabling the mixing of the reaction mixture, leading to enhanced effective activity of AAL-MNPs compared to shake vial agitation.
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