title: Phenols removal by immobilized tyrosinase reactor in on-line high performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: The development of an immobilized enzyme reactor (IMER) based on tyrosinase immobilized on aminopropyl-controlled pore glass (AP-CPG) for the removal of phenols from model aqueous solutions was reported. To elucidate the influence of the substrate nature, the apparent (V'max, K'm) and the inherent (Vmax, Km) Michaelis-Menten constants were determined by Lineweaver-Burk method and the external diffusional contributions on measured enzyme activities were removed by a graphical method. The dephenolization process was realized by recycling the phenol solutions through the bioreactor connected to a chitosan trap in order to remove the colored quinone-type products of the tyrosinase reactions. The results indicated that a complete removal of phenol derivatives in the range of 150-300 min, with the exception of 60% removal for phenol reached in 400 min, was obtained. The observed sequence: cresol > 4-methylcathecol > catechol > 4-Cl-phenol phenol was in accordance to the V'max/K'm values.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy. annamaria.girelli@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Girelli
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Messina