Application of chitosan as support for immobilization of enzymes of industrial interest

Química Nova

Oliveira, Pedro C. de¹  Mendes, Adriano A.¹  Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brasil¹  Castro, Heizir F. de¹  Universidade de São Paulo, Lorena, Brasil¹  Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, Sete Lagoas, Brasil¹  Giordano, Raquel de L. C.¹ 

关键词: chitosan;    immobilization;    enzymes.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422011000500019

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica

【 摘 要 】

Chitosan, poly[β-(1-4)-linked-2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose], is the N-deacetylated product of chitin which is a major component of arthropod and crustacean shells such as lobsters, crabs, shrimps, and cuttlefishes. In addition, chitosan has many significant biological and chemical properties such as biodegradability, biocompatibility and bioactivity as well as polycationic properties. Thus, it has been widely used in many industrial and biomedical applications including wastewater treatment, chromatographic support, carriers for controlled drug delivery and enzyme immobilization. This review is an insight into the exploitation of utilization of chitosan based-supports in different geometrical configurations on the immobilization of enzymes by different protocols for further application in biotransformation reactions.

【 授权许可】

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