In the present article, glutaraldehyde was used to covalently
coimmobilize
the lipase Eversa Transform 2.0 and the β-galactosidase from Aspergillus oryzae. Both enzymes were adsorbed on
amino supports and modified with glutaraldehyde. However, the first
enzyme remained almost fully active under stress conditions, while
the β-galactosidase lost a large percentage of its activity.
To prevent the necessity of discarding both enzymes, the lipase was
covalently immobilized following this immobilization strategy. The
biocatalyst was reduced to eliminate its chemical reactivity, and
the β-galactosidase was then coimmobilized via ion exchange.
The incubation at high concentrations of salt desorbed the β-galactosidase
from the support. This combi-biocatalyst was used in three inactivation/rebuilding
cycles where the inactivated β-galactosidase was liberated from
the combi-biocatalyst by washing at high ionic strength and replaced
with a fresh enzyme, while the immobilized lipase maintained its activity
throughout the 3 cycles. That way, it was possible to use this strategy
to reuse the immobilized Eversa Transform 2.0 to build new combi-biocatalysts
after β-galactosidase inactivation.