The development of robust biocatalysts with increased stability and activity is a major challenge to industry. A major breakthrough in this field was the development of cross-linked enzyme crystals with high specificity and stability. A method is described to produce micro crystals of CLEC lipase, which is thermostable and solvent stable. Lipase from Burkholderia cepacia was crystallized using ammonium sulfate and cross-linked with glutaraldehyde to produce catalytically active enzyme. The maximum yield of CLEC was obtained with 70% ammonium sulfate and cross-linked with 5% (v/v) glutaraldehyde. SEM studies showed small hexagonal-shaped crystals of 2-5 microm size. CLEC lipase had improved thermal and reuse stability. It is versatile, having good activity in both polar and nonpolar organic solvents. CLEC lipase was coated using beta cyclodextrin for improving the storage and reuse stability. CLEC was successfully used for esterification of Ibuprofen and synthesis of ethyl butyrate.
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Cross-linked enzyme crystal (CLEC) and sol-gel entrapped pseudomonas sp. lipase were investigated for the esterification of lauric acid with ethanol by considering the effects of reaction conditions on reaction rate. The activation energy for the reaction was estimated to be 1097.
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April 2014
Small Molecule Design and Development, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company , Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, United States.
Liprotamase is a novel non-porcine pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy containing purified biotechnology-derived lipase, protease, and amylase together with excipients in a capsule formulation. To preserve the structural integrity and biological activity of lipase (the primary drug substance) through exposure of the drug product to the low-pH gastric environment, the enzyme was processed through the use of cross-linked enzyme crystal (CLEC) technology, making the lipase-CLEC drug substance insoluble under acidic conditions but fully soluble at neutral pH and in alkaline environments. In this report we characterize the degree of cross-linking for lipase-CLEC and demonstrate its impact on lipase-CLEC solubility and release from the drug product under relevant physiological pH conditions.
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February 2008
Chemical Science and Technology Division, NIST (Regional Research Laboratory) CSIR, Trivandrum, 695 019, India.
The development of robust biocatalysts with increased stability and activity is a major challenge to industry. A major breakthrough in this field was the development of cross-linked enzyme crystals with high specificity and stability. A method is described to produce micro crystals of CLEC lipase, which is thermostable and solvent stable.
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May 2000
The Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, United Kingdom
Crystallization has recently emerged as a suitable process for the manufacture of biocatalysts in the form of cross-linked enzyme crystals (CLECs) or for the recovery of proteins from fermentation broths. In both instances it is essential to define conditions which control crystal size and habit, and that yield a reliable recovery of the active protein. Experiments to define the crystallization conditions usually depend on a factorial design (either incomplete or sparse matrix) or reverse screening techniques.
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March 1999
Istituto di Biocatalisi e Riconoscimento Molecolare, via Mario Bianco 9, Milano 20131, Italy.
The activity of different lipase (from Pseudomonas cepacia) forms, such as crude powder (crude PC), purified and lyophilized with PEG (PEG + PC), covalently linked to PEG (PEG-PC), cross-linked enzyme crystals (CLEC-PC), and immobilized in Sol-Gel-AK (Sol-Gel-AK-PC) was determined, at various water activities (aw), in carbon tetrachloride, benzene and 1,4-dioxane. The reaction of vinyl butyrate with 1-octanol was employed as a model and both transesterification (formation of 1-octyl butyrate) and hydrolysis (formation of butyric acid from vinyl butyrate) rates were determined. Both rates depended on the lipase form, solvent employed, and aw value.
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