Abstract
Poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-ethylen glycol dimethacrylate), p(HEMA-EGDMA), beads were prepared by suspension polymerization, and were decorated with fibrous poly(glycidyl methacrylate), p(GMA), via surface initiated-atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). The functional epoxy groups of the beads were used for covalent immobilization of papain. The average amount of immobilized enzyme was 18.7mg/g beads. The immobilized enzyme was characterized by temperature, pH, operational and storage stability experiments. The maximum velocity of the free and immobilized enzymes (V max) and Michaelis-Menten constant (K m) values were determined as 10.7 and 8.3U/mg proteins and 274 and 465μM, respectively. The immobilized papain was operated in a batch reactor, and it was very effective for hydrolysis of different proteins (i.e., casein and cytochrom c).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9833-9837 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Bioresource Technology |
Volume | 102 |
Issue number | 21 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- Beads
- Immobilized enzyme
- Papain
- Protein hydrolysis
- SI-ATRP