title: Can immobilization be exploited to modify enzyme activity?
abstract: Immobilization has long been recognized as a useful tool for retaining enzymes in bioreactors and enabling the continuous operation of enzymic processes. However, the potential of immobilization for modifying enzyme activity in an advantageous, if not predictable, manner is less-well appreciated. This review summarizes selected studies that have used immobilization to tailor the catalytic properties of enzymes, and highlights the application of immobilization to the rational design of biocatalysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000639:trends; D002384:Catalysis; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D003196:Computer Graphics; D015195:Drug Design; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006736:Horses; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D012996:Solutions; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014867:Water; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D002918:Chymotrypsin