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Title: | Immobilization of biocatalysts for enzymatic polymerizations: possibilities, advantages, applications |
Authors: | Miletic, Nemanja Nastasović, Aleksandra Loos, Katja |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Abstract: | Biotechnology also holds tremendous opportunities for realizing functional polymeric materials. Biocatalytic pathways to polymeric materials are an emerging research area with not only enormous scientific and technological promise, but also a tremendous impact on environmental issues. Many of the enzymatic polymerizations reported proceed in organic solvents. However, enzymes mostly show none of their profound characteristics in organic solvents and can easily denature under industrial conditions. Therefore, natural enzymes seldom have the features adequate to be used as industrial catalysts in organic synthesis. The productivity of enzymatic processes is often low due to substrate and/or product inhibition. An important route to improving enzyme performance in non-natural environments is to immobilize them. In this review we will first summarize some of the most prominent examples of enzymatic polymerizations and will subsequently review the most important immobilization routes that are used for the immobilization of biocatalysts relevant to the field of enzymatic polymerizations. |
URI: | https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/19840 |
Type: | review |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.054 |
ISSN: | 09608524 |
Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Agronomy, Čačak |
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