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Ghéczy N, Tao S, Pour-Esmaeil S, Szymańska K, Jarzębski AB, Walde P. Performance of a Flow-Through Enzyme Reactor Prepared from a Silica Monolith and an α-Poly(D-Lysine)-Enzyme Conjugate. Macromol Biosci 2023; 23:e2200465. [PMID: 36598452 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202200465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) is covalently bound in aqueous solution to polycationic α-poly(D-lysine) chains of ≈1000 repeating units length, PDL, via a bis-aryl hydrazone bond (BAH). Under the experimental conditions used, about 15 HRP molecules are bound along the PDL chain. The purified PDL-BAH-HRP conjugate is very stable when stored at micromolar HRP concentration in a pH 7.2 phosphate buffer solution at 4 °C. When a defined volume of such a conjugate solution of desired HRP concentration (i.e., HRP activity) is added to a macro- and mesoporous silica monolith with pore sizes of 20-30 µm as well as below 30 nm, quantitative and stable noncovalent conjugate immobilization is achieved. The HRP-containing monolith can be used as flow-through enzyme reactor for bioanalytical applications at neutral or slightly alkaline pH, as demonstrated for the determination of hydrogen peroxide in diluted honey. The conjugate can be detached from the monolith by simple enzyme reactor washing with an aqueous solution of pH 5.0, enabling reloading with fresh conjugate solution at pH 7.2. Compared to previously investigated polycationic dendronized polymer-enzyme conjugates with approximately the same average polymer chain length, the PDL-BAH-HRP conjugate appears to be equally suitable for HRP immobilization on silica surfaces.
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- Nicolas Ghéczy
- Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, Zürich, CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, Zürich, CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, Zürich, CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gliwice, 44-100, Poland
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- Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, Zürich, CH-8093, Switzerland
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Co-Immobilization of D-Amino Acid Oxidase, Catalase, and Transketolase for One-Pot, Two-Step Synthesis of L-Erythrulose. Catalysts 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13010095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Here, we present an immobilized enzyme cascade in a basket-type reactor allowing a one-pot, two-step enzymatic synthesis of L-erythrulose from D-serine and glycolaldehyde. Three enzymes, D-amino acid oxidase from Rhodotorula gracilis (DAAORg), catalase from bovine liver (CAT), and transketolase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus (TKgst) were covalently immobilized on silica monolithic pellets, characterized by an open structure of interconnected macropores and a specific surface area of up to 300 m2/g. Three strategies were considered: (i) separate immobilization of enzymes on silica supports ([DAAO][CAT][TK]), (ii) co-immobilization of two of the three enzymes followed by the third ([DAAO+CAT][TK]), and (iii) co-immobilization of all three enzymes ([DAAO+CAT+TK]). The highest L-erythrulose concentrations were observed for the co-immobilization protocols (ii) and (iii) (30.7 mM and 29.1 mM, respectively). The reusability study showed that the best combination was [DAAO + CAT][TK], which led to the same level of L-erythrulose formation after two reuse cycles. The described process paves the way for the effective synthesis of a wide range of α-hydroxyketones from D-serine and suitable aldehydes.
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Sviridov AV, Karpov MV, Fokina VV, Donova MV. Cholesterol Assay Based on Recombinant Cholesterol Oxidase, ABTS, and Horseradish Peroxidase. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2704:157-171. [PMID: 37642843 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3385-4_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Cholesterol determination by cholesterol oxidase reaction is a fast, convenient, and highly specific approach with widespread use in clinical diagnostics. Routinely, endpoint measurements with 4-aminophenazone or 4-aminoantipyrine as chromogens and sodium cholate, surfactants, or alcohols as solubilizing agents are used. Here we describe a novel kinetic method to determine cholesterol in 0.05-0.75 mM range in neutral or acidic buffers by use of recombinant cholesterol oxidase from Nocardioides simplex in a coupled reaction with horseradish peroxidase, ABTS as a chromogen, and methyl-β-cyclodextrin as a solubilizing agent.
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- Alexey V Sviridov
- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Russia
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- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Russia
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- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Russia
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- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Russia
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Dhayal SK, Lund M, van den Brink J, Medjahdi G, Celzard A, Fierro V, Gardiennet C, Pasc A, Canilho N. Enhancing the activity of biocatalysts supported on calcium phosphate by inducing mesoporosity with phosphopeptides. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Enzyme immobilization: Implementation of nanoparticles and an insight into polystyrene as the contemporary immobilization matrix. Process Biochem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2022.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ghéczy N, Xu W, Szymańska K, Jarzębski AB, Walde P. Controllable Enzyme Immobilization via Simple and Quantitative Adsorption of Dendronized Polymer-Enzyme Conjugates Inside a Silica Monolith for Enzymatic Flow-Through Reactor Applications. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:26610-26631. [PMID: 35936452 PMCID: PMC9352229 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Although many different methods are known for the immobilization of enzymes on solid supports for use in flow-through applications as enzyme reactors, the reproducible immobilization of predetermined amounts of catalytically active enzyme molecules remains challenging. This challenge was tackled using a macro- and mesoporous silica monolith as a support and dendronized polymer-enzyme conjugates. The conjugates were first prepared in an aqueous solution by covalently linking enzyme molecules and either horseradish peroxidase (HRP) or bovine carbonic anhydrase (BCA) along the chains of a water-soluble second-generation dendronized polymer using an established procedure. The obtained conjugates are stable biohybrid structures in which the linking unit between the dendronized polymer and each enzyme molecule is a bisaryl hydrazone (BAH) bond. Quantitative and reproducible enzyme immobilization inside the monolith is possible by simply adding a defined volume of a conjugate solution of a defined enzyme concentration to a dry monolith piece of the desired size. In that way, (i) the entire volume of the conjugate solution is taken up by the monolith piece due to capillary forces and (ii) all conjugates of the added conjugate solution remain stably adsorbed (immobilized) noncovalently without detectable leakage from the monolith piece. The observed flow-through activity of the resulting enzyme reactors was directly proportional to the amount of conjugate used for the reactor preparation. With conjugate solutions consisting of defined amounts of both types of conjugates, the controlled coimmobilization of the two enzymes, namely, BCA and HRP, was shown to be possible in a simple way. Different stability tests of the enzyme reactors were carried out. Finally, the enzyme reactors were applied to the catalysis of a two-enzyme cascade reaction in two types of enzymatic flow-through reactor systems with either coimmobilized or sequentially immobilized BCA and HRP. Depending on the composition of the substrate solution that was pumped through the two types of enzyme reactor systems, the coimmobilized enzymes performed significantly better than the sequentially immobilized ones. This difference, however, is not due to a molecular proximity effect with regard to the enzymes but rather originates from the kinetic features of the cascade reaction used. Overall, the method developed for the controllable and reproducible immobilization of enzymes in the macro- and mesoporous silica monolith offers many possibilities for systematic investigations of immobilized enzymes in enzymatic flow-through reactors, potentially for any type of enzyme.
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- Nicolas Ghéczy
- Laboratory
for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Process Design, Silesian University of Technology, Księdza Marcina Strzody 7, Gliwice 44-100, Poland
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- Institute
of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy
of Sciences, Baltycka 5, Gliwice 44-100, Poland
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- Laboratory
for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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Sebai W, Ahmad S, Belleville MP, Boccheciampe A, Chaurand P, Levard C, Brun N, Galarneau A, Sanchez-Marcano J. Biocatalytic Elimination of Pharmaceutics Found in Water With Hierarchical Silica Monoliths in Continuous Flow. FRONTIERS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fceng.2022.823877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pharmaceutical products (PPs) are considered as emerging micropollutans in wastewaters, river and seawaters, and sediments. The biodegradation of PPs, such as ciprofloxacin, amoxicillin, sulfamethoxazole, and tetracycline by enzymes in aqueous solution was investigated. Laccase from Trametes versicolor was immobilized on silica monoliths with hierarchical meso-/macropores. Different methods of enzyme immobilization were experienced. The most efficient process was the enzyme covalent bonding through glutaraldehyde coupling on amino-grafted silica monoliths. Silica monoliths with different macropore and mesopore diameters were studied. The best support was the monolith featuring the largest macropore diameter (20 µm) leading to the highest permeability and the lowest pressure drop and the largest mesopore diameter (20 nm) ensuring high enzyme accessibility. The optimized enzymatic reactor (150 mg) was used for the degradation of a PP mixture (20 ppm each in 30 ml) in a continuous recycling configuration at a flow rate of 1 ml/min. The PP elimination efficiency after 24 h was as high as 100% for amoxicillin, 60% for sulfamethoxazole, 55% for tetracycline, and 30% for ciprofloxacin.
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Enhanced Enzyme Reuse through the Bioconjugation of L-Asparaginase and Silica-Based Supported Ionic Liquid-like Phase Materials. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27030929. [PMID: 35164193 PMCID: PMC8838661 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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L-asparaginase (ASNase) is an amidohydrolase that can be used as a biopharmaceutical, as an agent for acrylamide reduction, and as an active molecule for L-asparagine detection. However, its free form displays some limitations, such as the enzyme’s single use and low stability. Hence, immobilization is one of the most effective tools for enzyme recovery and reuse. Silica is a promising material due to its low-cost, biological compatibility, and tunable physicochemical characteristics if properly functionalized. Ionic liquids (ILs) are designer compounds that allow the tailoring of their physicochemical properties for a given task. If properly designed, bioconjugates combine the features of the selected ILs with those of the support used, enabling the simple recovery and reuse of the enzyme. In this work, silica-based supported ionic liquid-like phase (SSILLP) materials with quaternary ammoniums and chloride as the counterion were studied as novel supports for ASNase immobilization since it has been reported that ammonium ILs have beneficial effects on enzyme stability. SSILLP materials were characterized by elemental analysis and zeta potential. The immobilization process was studied and the pH effect, enzyme/support ratio, and contact time were optimized regarding the ASNase enzymatic activity. ASNase–SSILLP bioconjugates were characterized by ATR-FTIR. The bioconjugates displayed promising potential since [Si][N3444]Cl, [Si][N3666]Cl, and [Si][N3888]Cl recovered more than 92% of the initial ASNase activity under the optimized immobilization conditions (pH 8, 6 × 10−3 mg of ASNase per mg of SSILLP material, and 60 min). The ASNase–SSILLP bioconjugates showed more enhanced enzyme reuse than reported for other materials and immobilization methods, allowing five cycles of reaction while keeping more than 75% of the initial immobilized ASNase activity. According to molecular docking studies, the main interactions established between ASNase and SSILLP materials correspond to hydrophobic interactions. Overall, it is here demonstrated that SSILLP materials are efficient supports for ASNase, paving the way for their use in the pharmaceutical and food industries.
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Kujawa J, Głodek M, Li G, Al-Gharabli S, Knozowska K, Kujawski W. Highly effective enzymes immobilization on ceramics: Requirements for supports and enzymes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 801:149647. [PMID: 34467928 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Enzyme immobilization is a well-known method for the improvement of enzyme reusability and stability. To achieve very high effectiveness of the enzyme immobilization, not only does the method of attachment need to be optimized, but the appropriate support must be chosen. The essential necessities addressed to the support applied for enzyme immobilization can be focused on the material features as well as on the stability and resistances in certain conditions. Ceramic membranes and nanoparticles are the most widespread supports for enzyme immobilization. Hence, the immobilization of enzymes on ceramic membrane and nanoparticles are summarized and discussed. The important properties of the supports are particle size, pore structure, active surface area, volume to surface ratio, type and number of reactive available groups, as well as thermal, mechanical, and chemical stability. The modifiers and the crosslinkers are crucial to the enzyme loading amount, the chemical and physical stability, and the reusability and catalytical activity of the immobilized enzymes. Therefore, the chemical and physical methods of modification of ceramic materials are presented. The most popular and used modifiers (e.g. APTES, CPTES, VTES) as well as activating agents (GA, gelatin, EDC and/or NHS) applied to the grafting process are discussed. Moreover, functional groups of enzymes are presented and discussed since they play important roles in the enzyme immobilization via covalent bonding. The enhanced physical, chemical, and catalytical properties of immobilized enzymes are discussed revealing the positive balance between the effectiveness of the immobilization process, preservation of high enzyme activity, its good stability, and relatively low cost.
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- Joanna Kujawa
- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering Department, German-Jordanian University, Amman 11180, Jordan
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarina Street, 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
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Szymańska K, Ciemięga A, Maresz K, Pudło W, Malinowski J, Mrowiec-Białoń J, Jarzębski AB. Catalytic Functionalized Structured Monolithic Micro-/Mesoreactors: Engineering, Properties, and Performance in Flow Synthesis: An Overview and Guidelines. FRONTIERS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fceng.2021.789102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this review article, we first discussed the development of silica monoliths with hierarchical macro-/mesopore structure and their potential figures of merit as continuous-flow micro-/mesoreactors of up to 30 ml working volume. Making use of the flow hindrance of different pore structures seen from the Darcy law perspective, we discriminated four structures of the monoliths (M1–M4). We then summarized the most important results, mainly from our studies of continuous-flow structured monolithic reactors and rotating bed reactors (RBRs) filled with structured pellets, activated with various catalytic entities and enzymes. The results show that an increase in the flow rate and thus velocity in reactors activated with more conventional catalytic sites has no or a minor positive effect on the apparent reaction rate. On the contrary, in those with the most open structure (M1) and functionalized with enzymes, it could increase by more than two orders of magnitude even at low overpressures. The production systems worked stably for at least 200 h. To conclude, the synthetic system made of the hierarchically structured monoliths, or RBRs filled with structured catalytic pellets, lay the foundation for a new platform for the high-yield production of a wide variety of specialty chemicals, even on a multikilogram scale, in a safe and sustained manner.
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Meena J, Gupta A, Ahuja R, Singh M, Panda AK. Recent advances in nano-engineered approaches used for enzyme immobilization with enhanced activity. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Sha F, Chen Y, Drout RJ, Idrees KB, Zhang X, Farha OK. Stabilization of an enzyme cytochrome c in a metal-organic framework against denaturing organic solvents. iScience 2021; 24:102641. [PMID: 34151233 PMCID: PMC8192563 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Enzymes are promising catalysts with high selectivity and activity under mild reaction conditions. However, their practical application has largely been hindered by their high cost and poor stability. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as host materials show potential in protecting proteins against denaturing conditions, but a systematic study investigating the stabilizing mechanism is still lacking. In this study, we stabilized enzyme cytochrome c (cyt c) by encapsulating it in a hierarchical mesoporous zirconium-based MOF, NU-1000 against denaturing organic solvents. Cyt c@NU-1000 showed a significantly enhanced activity compared to the native enzyme, and the composite retained this enhanced activity after treatment with five denaturing organic solvents. Moreover, the composite was recyclable without activity loss for at least three cycles. Our cyt c@NU-1000 model system demonstrates that enzyme@MOF composites prepared via post-synthetic encapsulation offer a promising route to overcome the challenges of enzyme stability and recyclability that impede the widespread adoption of biocatalysis.
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- Fanrui Sha
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
- International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Silica Monolith for the Removal of Pollutants from Gas and Aqueous Phases. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26051316. [PMID: 33804572 PMCID: PMC7957575 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26051316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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This study focused on the application of mesoporous silica monoliths for the removal of organic pollutants. The physico-chemical textural and surface properties of the monoliths were investigated. The homogeneity of the textural properties along the entire length of the monoliths was assessed, as well as the reproducibility of the synthesis method. The adsorption properties of the monoliths for gaseous toluene, as a model of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), were evaluated and compared to those of a reference meso-structured silica powder (MCM-41) of commercial origin. Silica monoliths adsorbed comparable amounts of toluene with respect to MCM-41, with better performances at low pressure. Finally, considering their potential application in water phase, the adsorption properties of monoliths toward Rhodamine B, selected as a model molecule of water soluble pollutants, were studied together with their stability in water. After 24 h of contact, the silica monoliths were able to adsorb up to the 70% of 1.5 × 10−2 mM Rhodamine B in water solution.
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Turke K, Meinusch R, Cop P, Prates da Costa E, Brand RD, Henss A, Schreiner PR, Smarsly BM. Amine-Functionalized Nanoporous Silica Monoliths for Heterogeneous Catalysis of the Knoevenagel Condensation in Flow. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:425-437. [PMID: 33458494 PMCID: PMC7807742 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Porous carrier materials functionalized with organocatalysts offer substantial advantages compared to homogeneous catalysts, e.g., easy separation of the catalyst, scalability, and an improved implementation in continuous operations. Here, we report the immobilization of (3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane (APTMS) onto self-prepared silica monoliths and its application as a heterogeneous catalyst in the Knoevenagel condensation between cyano ethylacetate and various aromatic aldehydes under continuous-flow conditions. The meso-macroporous silica monoliths (6-7 cm in length) were optimized to be used in flow taking advantage of their hierarchical meso- and macroporosity. The monoliths were cladded with a poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) tube by a refined procedure to guarantee tight connection between the carrier material and PEEK. Functionalization of the bare silica monoliths consisting of APTMS can be efficiently performed in flow in ethanol and toluene. While a large grafting gradient is obtained for toluene, the grafting in ethanol proceeds homogenously throughout the monolith, as evidenced by elemental analysis and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). The silica monoliths exhibit high conversion up to 95% with concurrent low back pressures, which is of importance in flow catalysis. By connecting two monoliths, high conversions can be maintained for several flow rates. Two types of monoliths were synthesized, possessing different mesopore sizes. The monolith bearing the larger mesopore size showed an enhanced turnover frequency (TOF), while the monolith with the smaller mesopores allowed for larger quantities of the product to be synthesized, due to the higher surface area. A long-term stability test showed that the functionalized monoliths were still active after 66 h of continuous usage, while the overall yield decreased over time.
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- Kevin Turke
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Mao Y, Fan R, Li R, Ye X, Kulozik U. Flow-through enzymatic reactors using polymer monoliths: From motivation to application. Electrophoresis 2020; 42:2599-2614. [PMID: 33314167 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202000266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
The application of monolithic materials as carriers for enzymes has rapidly expanded to the realization of flow-through analysis and bioconversion processes. This expansion is partly attributed to the absence from diffusion limitation in many monoliths-based enzyme reactors. Particularly, the relatively ease of introducing functional groups renders polymer monoliths attractive as enzyme carriers. After summarizing the motivation to develop enzymatic reactors using polymer monoliths, this review reports the most recent applications of such reactors. Besides, the present review focuses on the crucial characteristics of polymer monoliths affecting the immobilization of enzymes and the processing parameters dictating the performance of the resulting enzymatic reactors. This review is intended to provide a guideline for designing and applying flow-through enzymatic reactors using polymer monoliths.
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- Yuhong Mao
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, College of Biological Science and Technology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China
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- Institute of Bioprocess Engineering and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, College of Biological Science and Technology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China
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- Fujian Key Laboratory of Marine Enzyme Engineering, College of Biological Science and Technology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China
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- Chair of Food and Bioprocess Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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Ghéczy N, Sasaki K, Yoshimoto M, Pour-Esmaeil S, Kröger M, Stano P, Walde P. A two-enzyme cascade reaction consisting of two reaction pathways. Studies in bulk solution for understanding the performance of a flow-through device with immobilised enzymes. RSC Adv 2020; 10:18655-18676. [PMID: 35518281 PMCID: PMC9053938 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra01204a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Enzyme-catalysed cascade reactions in flow-through systems with immobilised enzymes currently are of great interest for exploring their potential for biosynthetic and bioanalytical applications. Basic studies in this field often aim at understanding the stability of the immobilised enzymes and their catalytic performance, for example, in terms of yield of a desired reaction product, analyte detection limit, enzyme stability or reaction reproducibility. In the work presented, a cascade reaction involving the two enzymes bovine carbonic anhydrase (BCA) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) – with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as HRP “activator” – was first investigated in great detail in bulk solution at pH = 7.2. The reaction studied is the hydrolysis and oxidation of 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (DCFH2-DA) to 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein (DCF), which was found to proceed along two reaction pathways. This two-enzyme cascade reaction was then applied for analysing the performance of BCA and HRP immobilised in glass fiber filters which were placed inside a filter holder device through which a DCFH2-DA/H2O2 substrate solution was pumped. Comparison was made between (i) co-immobilised and (ii) sequentially immobilised enzymes (BCA first, HRP second). Significant differences for the two arrangements in terms of measured product yield (DCF) could be explained based on quantitative UV/vis absorption measurements carried out in bulk solution. We found that the lower DCF yield observed for sequentially immobilised enzymes originates from a change in one of the two possible reaction pathways due to enzyme separation, which was not the case for enzymes that were co-immobilised (or simultaneously present in the bulk solution experiments). The higher DCF yield observed for co-immobilised enzymes did not originate from a molecular proximity effect (no increased oxidation compared to sequential immobilisation). A cascade reaction catalysed by bovine carbonic anhydrase (BCA) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) proceeds over two possible pathways, which explains differences in product formation for differently immobilised enzymes in flow-through reactions.![]()
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- Nicolas Ghéczy
- Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland .,Department of Applied Chemistry, Yamaguchi University Tokiwadai 2-16-1 Ube 755-8611 Japan
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- Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Polymer Physics, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento Ecotekne 73100 Lecce Italy
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- Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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De Santis P, Meyer LE, Kara S. The rise of continuous flow biocatalysis – fundamentals, very recent developments and future perspectives. REACT CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0re00335b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Very recent developments in the field of biocatalysis in continuously operated systems. Special attention on the future perspectives in this key emerging technological area ranging from process analytical technologies to digitalization.
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- Piera De Santis
- Aarhus University
- Department of Engineering, Biological and Chemical Engineering Section
- Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Group
- DK 8000 Aarhus
- Denmark
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- Aarhus University
- Department of Engineering, Biological and Chemical Engineering Section
- Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Group
- DK 8000 Aarhus
- Denmark
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- Aarhus University
- Department of Engineering, Biological and Chemical Engineering Section
- Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Group
- DK 8000 Aarhus
- Denmark
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Khan I, Khan AA, Khan I, Usman M, Sadiq M, Ali F, Saeed K. Investigation of the photocatalytic potential enhancement of silica monolith decorated tin oxide nanoparticles through experimental and theoretical studies. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj00996b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photodegradation of organic pollutants is considered to be the most suitable and cheaper technique to counter decontamination issues.
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- Idrees Khan
- Department of Chemistry
- Bacha Khan University
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Malakand
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Pakistan
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- Centre of Integrative Petroleum Research
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Dhahran
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Centre of Research Excellence in Nanotechnology
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Dhahran
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Malakand
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Malakand
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Bacha Khan University
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Pakistan
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