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Table 3 Resolution of 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-octanol in repeated batch interaction between lipase and silica nanoparticles becomes
a
process by encapsulated lipase in the aggregated silica nanoparticles
inevitable. The hydrophobic interactions between hydrophobic
area of lipase and the hydrophobic group of the matrices may
Enzyme activity
(mmol g min
ꢀ1
ꢀ1
cause interfacial activation of encapsulated lipase which can
induce the formation of the active open-lid conformation and
increase the enzyme performance of lipase. The hydrophobic
group of the matrices mainly originates from the methyl group
of dimethoxydimethylsilane.
Batch
)
E value
1
2
3
4
5
20.32
20.32
20.31
20.23
20.18
33.83
33.83
33.50
33.34
33.17
a
Conclusions
Reactions were carried out in n-hexane (10 ml) with 1,1,1-triuoro-2-
octanol (2 mmol), vinyl acetate (5 mmol), the encapsulated lipase
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(50 mg) and water activity (0.58) at 50 C.
In this study, the lipase from Pseudomonas sp. was encapsulated
into the aggregated silica nanoparticles by lyophilization and
successfully used for resolution of 1,1,1-triuoro-2-octanol.
Almost no leakage phenomenon takes place during continuous
batch operations. Furthermore, these high-quality silica nano-
particles can be easily synthesized. These results prove that the
new encapsulation method has a great potential for application.
inhibit acyl transfer reactions. The results also demonstrate that
E value is not signicantly inuenced by the changes of a
w
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(Fig. 7b), which is similar to the results in published literature.
Reusability
Acknowledgements
It's known that one of the best advantages of the immobilized
enzyme is its low cost in practical application by reuse. There-
fore, the reusability of the encapsulated lipase deserves further
research. As shown in Table 3, the encapsulated lipase remains
We appreciate help from group members Yifan Wang, Xiang Li,
Xue Wang, Ye Zhang for the characterization and synthesis of
the silica nanoparticles. This work was supported by the
National High Technology Research and Development Program
of China (2006AA02Z232 and 2012AA022202B), the National
Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 31070708,
99.5% of its initial activity as well as 98.2% of initial enantio-
selectivity even aer ve runs. Furthermore, almost no leakage
phenomenon has been detected during continuous batch
operations. The perfect performance may attribute to the size
matching between the lipase and the interstices in aggregated
silica nanoparticles matrices.
21171064 and 21071059).
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ꢀ1
Enzyme
(mmol g min
)
E value
´
Free lipase
Encapsulated lipase
13.48
20.32
16.87
33.83
2
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a
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at 50 C.
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