Method for reaction of lipase upon fatty acid
AssigneeAgency of Industrial Science & Technology, Ministy of International Trade & Industry
InventorsYoshitsugu Kosugi, Hideo Suzuki, Akio Sato
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Abstract
The reaction of a lipase upon a fatty acid is effected by an improved method which comprises bringing the lipase bonded at multiple points to an anion-exchange residue or a carrier and a carrier having a free anion-exchange group admixed therewith into contact with a reaction mixture containing an oily substance including the fatty acid and a water-soluble substance thereby forming an oily product and a water-soluble product in the reaction mixture and subsequently separating the two reaction products.
Claims6
In an enzymatic hydrolysis reaction involving a fatty acid using lipase enzyme, the improvement which comprises:
- bringing a reaction mixture (a) containing an oily substance into contact with a carrier (b) having a plurality of pores whose average radius is in the range of 100 to 10,000 .ANG., having incorporated therein a multiplicity of free anion-exchange radicals, which radicals are a chemical residue selected from the group consisting of amine compound radicals, ammonium compound radicals and derivatives thereof, having said lipase immobilized by multiple-point bonding directly and through available anion-exchange radicals on said carrier (b) so that not less than about 2.times.10.sup.5 anion-exchange residues per molecule of said lipase are existent on said carrier to thereby allow the pH of said reaction mixture (a) to be on the acidic side, causing said free anion-exchange radicals of said carrier (b) to dissociate in said reaction mixture (a), which, because they are charged positively, are thereby enabled to expel cations from the microenvironment of said carrier and consequently allow the pH of said microenvironment to shift to the alkali side, the activity of said lipase to remain intact, and said enzymatic hydrolysis reaction of said fatty acid to proceed with high efficiency.
In an enzymatic hydrolysis reaction involving a fatty acid using lipase enzyme, the improvement which comprises:
- bringing an oily substance in water or an aqueous liquid (a)' into contact with a carrier (b)' having a plurality of pores whose average radius is in the range of 100 to 10,000 .ANG., having incorporated therein a multiplicity of anion-exchange radicals, which are a chemical residue selected from the group consisting of amine compound radicals, ammonium compound radicals and derivatives thereof, having said lipase immobilized by multiple-point bonding directly and through available anion-exchange radicals on said carrier (b)' so that not less than about 2.times.10.sup.5 anion-exchange residues per molecule of said lipase are existent on said carrier to thereby allow the pH of said water or aqueous liquid (a)' to be on the acidic side as a bulk, causing said free anion-exchange radicals of said carrier (b)' to dissociate in said reaction mixture resulting from said contact, which, because they are charged positively, are thereby enabled to expel cations in the microenvironment of the carrier and consequently allow the pH of the microenvironment of the carrier to shift to the alkali side, the activity of said lipase to remain intact, and said enzymatic hydrolysis reaction of said fatty acid proceeding with high efficiency thereby inducing formation of an oily product and a water-soluble product in the reaction mixture;
- and thereafter
- separating the oily product and water-soluble product independently of each other from the reaction mixture.
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