An Overview of Enzyme Immobilization

Ajayi, A. A. and Onibokun, E. A. (2017) An Overview of Enzyme Immobilization. Researcher, 9 (12). ISSN 1553-9865

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Abstract

The use of enzymes as biological catalysts has gained increasing importance in industries. Although enzymes can be obtained from plant and animal origin, microbial enzymes have several advantages over enzymes derived from other sources. Due to the high cost of separation of enzymes from product, the instability of enzymes and reduced enzyme activity, several strategies are now been explored to develop immobilized enzymes. Immobilized enzymes have been produced by cell immobilization techniques. Immobilized enzymes have found several industrial applications where they provide the advantages of easy separation of the enzyme from the product, reuse of the enzyme, convenient handling, high stability under extreme physical and chemical conditions, being applicable for all types of reactors with varied interior design, and provides easier process control. However, despite these advantages, enzyme immobilization techniques continue to pose some challenges. These challenges notwithstanding, the development of industrial by-products based on immobilization techniques is very promising.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Enzymes; Immobilization; Adsorption; Entrapment, Covalent binding, Crosslinking
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	17 Dec 2018 09:34
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2018 09:34
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/12208

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