title: Immobilization of laccase onto spacer-arm attached non-porous poly(GMA/EGDMA) beads: application for textile dye degradation.
abstract: Non-porous poly(glycidyl methacrylate/ethyleneglycol dimetacrylate) (poly(GMA/EGDMA)) beads were prepared by suspension polymerization. The enzyme (i.e. laccase) was covalently immobilized onto plain and spacer-arm attached poly(GMA/EGDMA) beads. The amount of immobilized enzyme on the plain and spacer-arm attached beads was determined as 5.6 and 4.9 mg/g, respectively. The maximum activity (V(max)) and Michaelis constant (K(m)) of laccase immobilized on the spacer-arm attached beads, were found to be 77.6 U/min and 0.47 mM, respectively. Finally, the immobilized laccase was operated in a batch system, and textile dye Reactive Red 120 was successfully decolorized in the enzyme reactor.
authors.affiliation: Gazi University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Biochemical Processing and Biomaterial Research Laboratory, 06500 Teknik Okullar, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M Yakup
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Arica
authors.forename: Begum
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Altintas
authors.forename: Gülay
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bayramoğlu