Rice Husk as an Inexpensive Renewable Immobilization Carrier for Biocatalysts Employed in the Food, Cosmetic and Polymer Sectors

Autor: Francesca Vita, Lorenzo Del Terra, Simone Lotteria, Marco Cespugli, Luciano Navarini, Valerio Ferrario, Marina Zweyer, Lucia Gardossi, Cynthia Ebert, Giovanna Baldini, Valentina Lonzarich
Přispěvatelé: Cespugli, Marco, Simone, Lotteria, Navarini, Luciano, Lonzarich, Valentina, DEL TERRA, Lorenzo, Vita, Francesca, Zweyer, Marina, Baldini, Giovanna, Ferrario, Valerio, Ebert, Cynthia, Gardossi, Lucia
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Catalysts, Vol 8, Iss 10, p 471 (2018)
Catalysts
Volume 8
Issue 10
ISSN: 2073-4344
Popis: The high cost and environmental impact of fossil-based organic carriers represent a critical bottleneck to their use in large-scale industrial processes. The present study demonstrates the applicability of rice husk as inexpensive renewable carrier for the immobilization of enzymes applicable sectors where the covalent anchorage of the protein is a pre-requisite for preventing protein contamination while assuring the recyclability. Rice husk was oxidized and then functionalized with a di-amino spacer. The morphological characterization shed light on the properties that affect the functionalization processes. Lipase B from Candida antarctica (CaLB) and two commercial asparaginases were immobilized covalently achieving higher immobilization yield than previously reported. All enzymes were immobilized also on commercial epoxy methacrylic resins and the CaLB immobilized on rice husk demonstrated a higher efficiency in the solvent-free polycondensation of dimethylitaconate. CaLB on rice husk appears particularly suitable for applications in highly viscous processes because of the unusual combination of its low density and remarkable mechanical robustness. In the case of the two asparaginases, the biocatalyst immobilized on rice husk performed in aqueous solution at least as efficiently as the enzyme immobilized on methacrylic resins, although the rice husk loaded a lower amount of protein.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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