TY - JOUR
T1 - Decolorization of synthetic dyes by laccase immobilized on epoxy-activated carriers
AU - Kunamneni, Adinarayana
AU - Ghazi, Iraj
AU - Camarero, Susana
AU - Ballesteros, Antonio
AU - Plou, Francisco J.
AU - Alcalde, Miguel
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Drs. Moreno Daminati and Paolo Caimi (Resindion) and Vyasa Rajasekar (DilComplex) for providing us Sepabeads EC-EP3 and Dilbeads NK polymers, respectively. We are grateful to Ramiro Martínez (Novozymes A/S, Spain) for DeniLite II S samples. This material is based upon work financed by Spanish MEC (Projects VEM2004-08559 and CTQ2005-08925-C02-02/PPQ); European Union (Project NMP2-CT-2006-026456) and CSIC (Project 200580M121). Spanish MEC is also thanked for the post-doctoral fellowship (SB2004-0011) of Dr. A. Kunamneni and for the Ramon y Cajal contracts of Drs. S. Camarero and M. Alcalde.
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - The laccase from the ascomycete Myceliophthora thermophila was covalently immobilized on polymethacrylate-based polymers (Sepabeads EC-EP3 and Dilbeads NK) activated with epoxy groups. The enzyme immobilized on Sepabeads EC-EP3 exhibited notable activity (203 U/g) along with remarkably improved stability towards pH, temperature and storage time, but no increased resistance to organic solvents. In addition, the biocatalyst also showed good operational stability, maintaining 84% of its initial activity after 17 cycles of oxidation of ABTS. The immobilized laccase was applied to the decolorization of six synthetic dyes (Reactive Black 5, Acid Blue 25, Methyl Orange, Remazol Brilliant Blue B, Methyl Green and Acid Green 27) with or without the redox mediator 1-hydroxybenzotriazole. The laccase immobilized in Sepabeads EC-EP3 retained 41% activity in the decolorization of Methyl Green in a fixed-bed reactor after five cycles. The features of these biocatalysts are very attractive for their application on the decolorization of dyes in the textile industry in batch and continuous fixed-bed bioreactors.
AB - The laccase from the ascomycete Myceliophthora thermophila was covalently immobilized on polymethacrylate-based polymers (Sepabeads EC-EP3 and Dilbeads NK) activated with epoxy groups. The enzyme immobilized on Sepabeads EC-EP3 exhibited notable activity (203 U/g) along with remarkably improved stability towards pH, temperature and storage time, but no increased resistance to organic solvents. In addition, the biocatalyst also showed good operational stability, maintaining 84% of its initial activity after 17 cycles of oxidation of ABTS. The immobilized laccase was applied to the decolorization of six synthetic dyes (Reactive Black 5, Acid Blue 25, Methyl Orange, Remazol Brilliant Blue B, Methyl Green and Acid Green 27) with or without the redox mediator 1-hydroxybenzotriazole. The laccase immobilized in Sepabeads EC-EP3 retained 41% activity in the decolorization of Methyl Green in a fixed-bed reactor after five cycles. The features of these biocatalysts are very attractive for their application on the decolorization of dyes in the textile industry in batch and continuous fixed-bed bioreactors.
KW - Acrylic polymers
KW - Covalent immobilization
KW - Decolorization
KW - Epoxy carriers
KW - Laccase
KW - Synthetic dyes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.11.009
DO - 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.11.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38049060439
SN - 1359-5113
VL - 43
SP - 169
EP - 178
JO - Process Biochemistry
JF - Process Biochemistry
IS - 2
ER -