Publication: Kinetic behaviour of free lipase and mica-based immobilized lipase catalyzing the synthesis of sugar esters
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2011
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The utilization of natural mica as a biocatalyst support in kinetic investigations is first described in this study. The formation of lactose caprate from lactose sugar and capric acid, using free lipase (free-CRL) and lipase immobilized on nanoporous mica (NER-CRL) as a biocatalyst, was evaluated through a kinetic study. The apparent kinetic parameters, Km and Vmax, were determined by means of the Michaelis-Menten kinetic model. The Ping-Pong Bi-Bi mechanism with single substrate inhibition was adopted as it best explains the experimental findings. The kinetic results show lower Km values with NER-CRL than with free-CRL, indicating the higher affinity of NER-CRL towards both substrates at the maximum reaction velocity (Vmax,app > Vmax). The kinetic parameters deduced from this model were used to simulate reaction rate data which were in close agreement with the experimental values.
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Kinetic study, Lipase immobilization, Mica, Ping-Pong Bi-Bi model, Sugar ester synthesis