Enrichment in γ-linolenic acid of acylglycerols by the selective hydrolysis of borage oil

Selective hydrolysis of borage oil byCandida rugosa lipase immobilized on microporous polypropylene was carried out in an iso-octane-water two-phase system in order to obtain glycerides rich in γ-linolenic acid (GLA). Lipase was immobilized on hydrophobic microporous polypropylene supports by physical adsorption, γ-linolenic acid content in the unhydrolyzed acylglycerols could be raised to 51.7 mol% from an initial content of 23.6 mol% in borage oil with a yield of 59%. A simplified kinetic model was proposed for this selective hydrolysis. The Michaelis constantK _M and the maximal-rate constantV _max are 0.107M and 393.9 U/mg-protein, respectively. Product inhibition with a dissociation constant of the enzyme-product complexK _I = 25 mM was confirmed. Some properties of the immobilized lipase were also examined.     

辣椒素酯类物质的酶促合成

天然辣椒素酯类物质(Capsinoids)是从日本的一种甜椒中分离得到的结构类似辣椒的酯类物质[1,2],包括辣椒素酯(Capsiate)、二氢辣椒素酯(Dihydrocapsiate)及降二氢辣椒素酯(Nordihydro-capsiate),为相对应的辣椒素的脂肪酰基与香草醇形成的酯类化合物(结构如图1)。无辣味,生物活     

Synthesis and chemical recycling of novel poly(ester-urethane)s using an enzyme

A series of enzymatically recyclable poly(ester-urethane)s consisting of a biodegradable diurethane moiety as a hard segment and an ester moiety as an enzymatically cleavable linkage was chemo-enzymatically prepared by two routes. The poly(ester-urethane) was prepared by a) the ring-opening polymerization of a cyclic ester-urethane monomer synthesized via the transesterification reaction of biodegradable diurethanediol and dicarboxylate ester using lipase and b) the direct polycondensation of a diurethanediol and a dicarboxylate ester. A significantly higher molecular-weight poly(ester-urethane) having the highest molecular weight (Mw) of 101,000 was produced by the ring-opening polymerization of the cyclic ester-urethane monomer when compared with that produced by the polycondensation of the dicarboxylate ester with diurethanediol. The poly(ester-urethane) was readily degraded by lipase into the corresponding cyclic oligomers; the oligomers were readily repolymerized by the ring-opening polymerization using lipase for chemical recycling.     

Enzymatic conversion of waste cooking oils into alternative fuel—Biodiesel

Production of biodiesel from pure oils through chemical conversion may not be applicable to waste oils/fats. Therefore, enzymatic conversion using immobilized lipase based on Rhizopus orzyae is considered in this article. This article studies this technological process, focusing on optimization of several process parameters, including the molar ratio of methanol to waste oils, biocatalyst load, and adding method, reaction temperature, and water content. The results indicate that methanol/oils ratio of 4, immobilized lipase/oils of 30 wt% and 40°C are suitable for waste oils under 1 atm. The irreversible inactivation of the lipase is presumed, and a stepwise addition of methanol to reduce inactivation of immobilized lipases is proposed. Under the optimum conditions the yield of methyl esters is around 88–90%.     

聚ε-己内酯的微米硅球固定化猪胰脂肪酶促合成

本文采用微米硅球固定化猪胰脂肪酶为催化剂合成聚ε-己内酯, 以期获得具有较高分子量、 良好生物相容性和使用安全性的生物可降解医用高分子材料.     

On-line water removal during enzymatic triacylglycerol synthesis by means of pervaporation

Triacylglycerols can be synthesized from glycerol and fatty acids. During this equilibrium reaction water is produced, therefore a mixture of mono-, di- and triesters is obtained. One way to produce an excess of triacylglycerols is to remove the water produced during synthesis. This can be realized in an immobilized enzyme pervaporation system. The enzyme is immobilized onto the lumen side of a cellulose membrane where the organic phase is present. Air circulates at the shell side and the water activity is controlled with the use of a condenser. The lipase catalyzed esterification of decanoic acid and partial glycerides is studied in this reactor. The system is reaction limited. Only at low water activity conditions, an excess of triacylglycerols is obtained. The enzyme activity at the start of the experiments is independent of the water activity within the range studied. Stability is influenced: After 600 hours the activity is 26% of the activity at the start at a_w = 0.1 and 71% at a_w = 0.45.     

Lipase-catalyzed resolution of 4-aryl-substituted β-lactams: effect of substitution on the 4-aryl ring

Pseudomonas cepacia lipase (PS-30) was used in hydrolytic resolution of 3-acetoxy-4-aryl-substituted azetidin-2-ones (>97% ee). Twenty-three β-lactam substrates with varied substituents at the C-4 center of the ring were synthesized and subjected to lipase-PS catalyzed hydrolysis in phosphate buffer (pH 7.2, 0.2 M) at 25°C. The reactions occurred with high enantioselectivity and substrate conversion. The effect of substitution on the C-4 aryl ring on lipase hydrolytic activity was dependent upon the steric and electronic nature of the substituent and its position on the aryl ring. The stereopreference of the lipase PS-30 for the (3S,4R) enantiomer was rationalized using a known active site model. Absolute stereochemistry of the enantiomers was established using single crystal X-ray crystallographic techniques.     

Production of citronellyl acetate in a fed-batch system using immobilized lipase

Several reports exist in the literature citing the decrease in conversion rates of organic-phase catalytic synthesis reactions when acetic acid is present as a reaction component. This inhibition is thought to result from damage to either the hydration layer-protein interaction or the overall enzyme structure. In this work, the inhibitory effect of acetic acid on lipase enzyme activity was ameliorated by conducting syntheses under acetic acid-limiting conditions in a fed-batch system, resulting in higher product yields. Periodic additions of acetic acid at levels of 40 mM or less gave maximum yields of 65% conversion for the reaction of citronellol and acetic acid to form citronellyl acetate. The enzyme used was a fungal lipase fromMucor miehei, and was immobilized on macroporous synthetic resin (a Novo lipozyme Novo Nordisk, Denmark). These results represent a fourfold improvement over batch runs reported in the literature for direct esterification of terpene alcohol with acetic acid using lipozyme as a catalytic agent.     

A kinetic study on lipase-catalyzed interesterification of soybean oil with oleic acid in a continuous packed-bed reactor

To provide a mathematical basis for the design and operation of a continuous, packed-bed reactor for the interesterification of soybean oil, soybean oil that contains 22.7% oleoyl and 54.3% linoleoyl moieties as molar acyl moiety composition was interesterified in hexane with oleic acid, using an immobilized sn-1,3-specific lipase (Lipozyme IM) from Mucor miehei. The reaction was carried out in a U-shaped Pyrex glass-made packed-bed reactor at 37°C in the following system: concentration of soybean oil in the feed stream=12.5 wt%, molar ratio of fatty acid to soybean oil=3.0, and water content in the feed stream=1340–2340 ppm. At these water contents, Lipozyme IM gave practically the same catalytic activity, and the content of triacylglycerols in the product oil was 91–94 wt%. Rate equations for the change in oleoyl and linoleoyl moiety compositions in soybean oil were derived and their validity was confirmed experimentally. On the other hand, the catalytic activity of Lipozyme IM decayed in the first-order fashion. Based on these deactivation kinetics, the flow rate of the feed stream is simulated for the operation of a continuous, packed-bed reactor at 37°C that produces an oil of a fixed composition of oleoyl moiety.     

诱捕在沸石超笼内的金属卟啉的催化性能

诱捕在沸石超笼内的金属卟啉的催化性能＊王杏乔高爽曹昌盛于连香曹锡章（吉林大学化学系，长春１３００２３）关键词诱捕的金属卟啉，分子筛，苯乙烯，对甲酚，氧化众所周知，金属卟啉是一种共轭的大环化合物，这种化合物具有特殊的性能，尤其在氧化－还原反应中的催化性...