title: Enzymatic hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose in reverse micelles.
abstract: The activities of cellulases from Trichoderma reesei entrapped in three types of reverse micelles have been investigated using microcrystalline cellulose as the substrate. The reverse micellar systems are formed by nonionic surfactant Triton X-100, anionic surfactant Aerosol OT (AOT), and cationic surfactant cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) in organic solvent media, respectively. The influences of the molar ratio of water to surfactant omega0, one of characteristic parameters of reverse micelles, and other environmental conditions including pH and temperature, on the enzymatic activity have been studied in these reverse micellar systems. The results obtained indicate that these three reverse micelles are more effective than aqueous systems for microcrystalline cellulose hydrolysis, and cellulases show "superactivity" in these reverse micelles compared with that in aqueous systems under the same pH and temperature conditions. The enzymatic activity decreases with the increase of omega0 in both AOT and Triton X-100 reverse micellar systems, but reaches a maximum at omega0 of 16.7 for CTAB reverse micelles. Temperature and pH also influence the cellulose hydrolysis process. The structural changes of cellulases in AOT reverse micelles have been measured by intrinsic fluorescence method and a possible explanation for the activity changes of cellulases has been proposed.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jun-Bao
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods; D002480:Cellulase / Q000737:chemistry; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D000077286:Cetrimonium; D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D004143:Dioctyl Sulfosuccinic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008823:Micelles; D017830:Octoxynol / Q000494:pharmacology; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds; D008823:Micelles; D012997:Solvents; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D004143:Dioctyl Sulfosuccinic Acid; D017830:Octoxynol; D002482:Cellulose; D002480:Cellulase; D000077286:Cetrimonium