Incorporating Lanthanum into Mesoporous Silica Foam Enhances Enzyme Immobilization and the Activity of Penicillin G Acylase Due to Lewis Acid-Base Interactions

Chengcheng Tian, Xuyang Xu, Haiyang Zhang, Nada Mehio, Yanglong Guo, Liang Ma, Sheng Dai

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Abstract

Penicillin G acylase (PGA) has been immobilized on a lanthanum-incorporated mesostructured cellular foam (La-MCF) support by using the interaction between the strong Lewis acid sites on the surface of La-MCF and the free amino groups of lysine residues of PGA. The La-MCF support was successfully synthesized in situ through the addition of a citric acid (CA) complexant. The results of pyridine-IR spectroscopy show the presence of strong Lewis acid sites on the surface of the prepared La-MCF (with CA), attributed to the incorporation of lanthanum species into the framework of MCF. Through interaction with the strong Lewis acid sites, the enzymes can be firmly immobilized on the surface of the support. The results indicate that PGA/La-MCF (with CA) exhibits a high specific activity and greatly enhanced operational stability. For the hydrolysis of penicillin G potassium salt, the initial specific activity of PGA/La-MCF (with CA) reaches 10023 U/g. Even after being recycled 10 times, PGA/La-MCF (with CA) retains 89 % of its initial specific activity, much higher than the 77 % of PGA/Si-MCF.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2143-2148
Number of pages6
JournalChemBioChem
Volume21
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 3 2020

Funding

We are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21103048, 21878099), the Shanghai Science and technology Innovation Plan (19DZ1208000), and 111 Project (B08021) for financial supports.

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China21103048, 21878099
Higher Education Discipline Innovation ProjectB08021
Science and Technology Innovation Plan Of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission19DZ1208000

    Keywords

    • Immobilization
    • La-MCF
    • Lewis acid
    • incorporation
    • penicillin G acylase

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