High loading of immobilized enzymes on activated carbon supports
US4204041A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 1977 |
| Grant date | May 20, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N11/14
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Enzymes are immobilized on activated carbon supports at high load levels and with high stability by a procedure whereby a carbon support is first activated with a water-soluble carbodiimide derivative which forms a highly reactive intermediate with carboxyl and other active organic radicals on the surface of the carbon support; thereafter the complex of the carbon and carbodiimide is treated with an enzyme solution whereby the enzyme displaces the carbodiimide and forms a carbon-enzyme complex wherein the enzyme is immobilized and yet the carbon retains its surface activity. Preferred immobilizing agents are quaternary ammonium forms of aminocarbodiimides or hydrochloric acid salts of water-soluble carbodiimides. The immobilization of the enzymes on activated carbon provides materials which are easily handled and which are stabilized against denaturation by hydrogen peroxide.
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