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Applications of purification reactions for minimizing reaction‐generated enzyme poisoniong
Author(s) -
Yeung Simon Y. S.,
Cho Yong K.,
Bailey James E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260200810
Subject(s) - chemistry , immobilized enzyme , glucose oxidase , enzyme , slurry , mass transfer , reaction conditions , reaction rate , chromatography , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , materials science , composite material
A mathematical model has been employed to examine the interplay of reaction and mass transfer in immobilized enzyme systems involving reaction‐generated enzyme poisons. Deactivation rates can be significantly reduced in some cases by catalyzing a purification reaction in which the poison is transformed into an innocuous substance. This conclusion is illustrated experimentally for reaction‐generated H 2 O 2 in a continuous‐flow stirred slurry reactor containing glucose oxidase immobilized on activated carbon.