Control of water content by reverse micellar solutions for peroxidase catalysis in a water-immiscible organic solvent.
The water content of a water-immiscible can be controlled using reverse micelles. We applied this reverse micellar system to improve the enzymatic activity of a surfactant-manganese peroxidase complex in toluene. Increasing the water content in toluene to 2 vol% using the reverse micelles resulted in the great improvement (10-fold) of the peroxidase activity.
Michizoe
Junji
J
Department ofApplied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Uchimura
Yoichi
Y
Maruyama
Tatsuo
T
Kamiya
Noriho
N
Goto
Masahiro
M