Enzymatic Interesterification of Palm Stearin and Coconut Oil by a Dual Lipase System

Enzymatic interesterification of palm stearin with coconut oil was conducted by applying a dual lipase system in comparison with individual lipase-catalyzed reactions. The results indicated that a synergistic effect occurred for many lipase combinations, but largely depending on the lipase species mixed and their ratios. The combination of Lipozyme TL IM and RM IM was found to generate a positive synergistic action at all test mixing ratios. Only equivalent amount mixtures of Lipozyme TL IM with Novozym 435 or Lipozyme RM IM with Novozym 435 produced a significant synergistic effect as well as the enhanced degree of interesterification. The interesterification catalyzed by Lipozyme TL IM mixed with thermally inactivated immobilized lipase preparations indicated that the carrier property may play an important role in affecting the interaction of two mixed lipases and the subsequent reactions. A dual enzyme system, consisting of immobilized lipases and a non-immobilized one (Lipase AK), in most cases apparently endows the free lipase with a considerably enhanced activity. 70% Lipase AK mixed with 30% immobilized lipase (Lipozyme TL IM, RM IM and Novozym 435) can achieve an increase in activity greater than 100% over the theoretical value when the reaction proceeds for 2 h. The co-immobilization action of the carrier of the immobilized lipases towards the free lipase was proposed as being one of the reasons leading to the synergistic effect and this has been experimentally verified by a reaction catalyzed by a Lipase AK-inactivated preparation. No apparently synergistic effect of the combinations of Lipozyme TL IM and RM IM was observed when the dual enzyme systems applied to the continuous reaction performed in a packed bed reactor. In brief, this work demonstrated the possibility of increasing the reaction rate or enhancing the degree of conversion by employing a dual lipase system as a biocatalyst.     

Triglyceride interesterification by lipases. 1. Cocoa butter equivalents from a fraction of palm oil

Twelve commercially available triacylglycerol lipase preparations were screened for their suitability as catalysts in the interesterification of palm oil mid fraction and ethyl stearate to form a cocoa butter equivalent. Five fungal lipase preparations were found to be suitable. The hydrolytic activity of the commercial lipase preparations was tested with sunflower seed oil and was independent of their interesterification activity. The operational stability of three of the preparations most suited for production of cocoa butter equivalents was examined. The amount of a commercial lipase preparation loaded onto a support was surveyed for optimum short-term catalytic activity. The influence of solvent concentration on the reaction rate and the purity of the product was examined at two temperatures. The optimum solvent concentration at 40°C was 1–1.5 grams of solvent/gram of substrate; at 60°C, the rate of interesterification diminished and the purity of the product decreased with increasing amounts of solvent. Four of the commercial lipase preparations found to be suitable interesterification catalysts were immobilized on five supports and their ability to catalyze the interesterification of a triglyceride and palmitic acid or ethyl palmitate was measured. The choice of support and substrate form (esterified or free fatty acid) greatly affected the catalytic activity. Some preparations were more affected by the choice of support, others by the form of the substrate. No preparation yielded maximum activity on all supports, and no support was found which produced an immobilized enzyme preparation of high activity with every commercial lipase preparation. Caution is advised in transferring observations about the suitability of a support from tests on one commerical enzyme preparation to others; individual testing is required.     

Applications of immobilized <Emphasis Type="Italic">Thermomyces lanuginosa</Emphasis> lipase in interesterification

The aim of this work was to investigate the catalytic functions of a new immobilized Thermomyces lanuginosa lipase in interesterification and to optimize the conditions of interesterification for the production of human milk fat substitutes (HMFS) containing n−3 PUFA by response surface methodology (RSM). Thermomyces lanuginosa lipase had an activity similar to that of immobilized Rhizomucor miehei lipase (Lipozyme RM IM) in the glycerolysis of sunflower oil, but the former had higher activity at a low reaction temperature (5°C). Thermomyces lanuginosa lipase was found to have much lower catalytic activity than Lipozyme RM IM in the acidolysis of sunflower oil with caprylic acid. However, the activity of T. lanuginosa lipase was only slightly lower than that of Lipozyme RM IM in the ester-ester exchange between tripalmitin (PPP) and the ethyl esters of EPA and DHA (EE). For this reason, the new immobilized T. lanuginosa lipase was used to produce HMFS from PPP by interesterification with EE. The optimization of major parameters was conducted with the assistante molar ratio of 5 (EE/PPP), a lipase load of 20 wt% (on substrates), and a reaction time of 20 h, with acyl incorporation up to 42%. The model generated significantly represented real relationships between the response (incorporation) and reaction parameters.     

Immobilization of Pseudomonas cepacia lipase by sol-gel entrapment and its application in the hydrolysis of soybean oil

The immobilization of Lipase PS from Pseudomonas cepacia by entrapment within a chemically inert hydrophobic solgel support was studied. The gel-entrapped lipase was prepared by the hydrolysis of tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) with methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS), isobutyltrimethoxysilane (iso-BTMS), and n-butyltrimethoxysilane. The immobilized lipase was subsequently used in the hydrolysis of soybean oil to determine its activity, recyclability, and thermostability. The biocatalyst so prepared was equal to or better than the free enzyme in its hydrolytic activity. The catalytic activity of the entrapped lipase strongly depended on the type of precursor that was used in its preparation. The lipase entrapped within TMOS/iso-BTMS showed the highest activity. The catalytic activity of the immobilized lipase was more pronounced during the earlier stages of the reaction. Thermostability of the lipase was significantly improved in the immobilized form. The immobilized lipase was stable up to 70°C, whereas for the free enzyme, moderate to severe loss of activity was observed beyond 40°C. The immobilized lipase was consistently more active and stable than the free enzyme. The immobilized lipase also proved to be very stable, as it retained more than 95% of its initial activity after twelve 1-h reactions.     

Evaluation of immobilized modified lipase: Aqueous preparation and reaction studies in n-hexane

Lipase Saiken 100 (Rhizopus japonicus) and its immobilized form displayed very poor activity (hydrolysis and interesterification) in microaqueous n-hexane solutions. Enzyme modification by the addition of stearic acid or sorbitan monostearate significantly improved activity. A ceramic carrier (SM-10) was used to immobilize modified lipase Saiken (stearic acid, sorbitan monostearate, and lecithin) and was found to further enhance hydrolysis and interesterification rates in n-hexane. In addition, the biocatalysts were re-used for four consecutive batch reactions with no significant shortfall in activity. Reaction rates were also greatly affected by the total reaction water content. Careful control of the biocatalyst water content prior to use and additional reaction water were required to optimize activity and minimize hydrolytic diglyceride byproducts. Hydrolysis and interesterification reaction rates were favored with immobilized biocatalyst water contents of 6.25 and 0.43 wt% with additional reaction water contents of 600 and 20 mg/L, respectively.     

黏土吸附法固定化脂肪酶的初步研究

为研究天然黏土为载体固定化脂肪酶的可行性,采用羟基化、硅烷化处理,对黏土进行改性,并以此为载体吸附固定化脂肪酶,探讨黏土固定化脂肪酶的条件对酶活及蛋白吸附量的影响,优化固定化脂肪酶条件。研究结果表明:黏土经羟基化、硅烷化改性处理后能显著提高固定化酶活和蛋白固定量,其中硅烷化改性最优;载体固定脂肪酶最优条件为:加酶量50 mg/g,载体粒径180—250μm,pH值为4.0,固定化温度25℃,固定化时间2.0 h;与游离酶相比,固定化酶显示出更广的pH值适应性。黏土固定化脂肪酶重复使用10批次后,仍能保留76.85%的初始活力。以天然黏土为载体固定化脂肪酶,具有较好的实际可应用性及操作稳定性,在较低pH值条件下应用具有一定优势。     

Enzymatic interesterification of triolein with tripalmitin in canola lecithin-hexane reverse micelles

Lipase-catalyzed interesterification of tripalmitin with triolein in canola lecithin-hexane reverse micelles allowed for the successful modification of triolein and tripalmitin to yield a fat of intermediate properties between the two initial substrates. Acetone-insoluble canola lecithin (AIL) reverse micelles containingRhizopus arrhizus lipase in buffer, or plain 0.1M sodium phosphate buffer of pH 7.0, formed readily in hexane. Both had an average Stokes’ radius of approximately 40Å, as determined by quasielastic light-scattering determinations. The reverse micelle system was stable and did not form higher-order micelle oligomers or aggregates. Biotransformation of the triglycerides was performed at 47°C in a 50-mM AIL-hexane reverse micelle system containing 50% (w/w) oil at a water-to-surfactant ratio (w_o) of 5.5. Dynamic (oscillatory) mechanical analysis indicated that the crystallization temperature of the fat dropped from 47.7 to 37.5°C as judged by the storage (G′) and loss (G″) modulusvs. temperature profiles after 48 h of reaction. Differential scanning calorimetric studies showed that the melting point of the fat dropped from 61 to 57°C after 48 h of reaction. Triglyceride analysis of the fat mixture by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) indicated that, after 48 h of reaction, the tripalmitin content dropped from 34.5 to 29% (w/w), the triolein content dropped from 64.5 to 52.1% (w/w) and the 1-oleyl-2,3-dipalmitin content reached 7.5% (w/w) while the 1-palmitoyl-2,3-diolein content reached 7.2% (w/w). 1,2-Dipalmitoyldiglyceride and 1,2-dioleyldiglyceride contents reached 1.6 and 2.4% (w/w), respectively, after 48 h. Free fatty acid analysis of the fat mixture by GLC revealed that the free palmitic acid content increased from 0.28 to 2.4% (w/w) while the free oleic acid content increased from 1.4 to 5.4% (w/w) in the initial 24 h, after which the levels remained constant. The relatively high initial free fatty acid content of the mixture was due to free fatty acids present in the canola lecithin and not in the oils. This enzymatic interesterification protocol utilizes, for the first time, an organic solvent commonly used in food processing operations and a food-grade and inexpensive surfactant that readily forms reverse micelles and yields a modified fat with improved rheological properties for use as an edible plastic fat.     

Synthesis of structured triglycerides from peanut oil with immobilized lipase

Structured triglycerides (ST) that contain medium- and long-chain fatty acids were synthesized by lipase-catalyzed interesterification between tricaprylin and peanut oil. To select appropriate enzymes, we investigated nine commercial lipase preparations for their ability to hydrolyze pure triglycerides as well as natural oils. Three microbial lipases from Rhizomucor miehei (RML), Candida sp. (CSL), and Chromobacterium viscosum (CVL) gave good results, and immobilized preparations were used in the interesterification. RML gave the highest yields of ST (73%, 40°C), although its hydrolytic activity toward triolein was low. As the temperature was raised to 50°C, the yield of ST increased to 79%. After 120 h reaction time, remaining activities were high for CSL (71%), moderate for CVL (48%), and low for RML (20%). Parts of this paper were presented as a poster at the Biochemical Engineering Conference IX, May 1995, Davos, Switzerland.     

Characterization and application of immobilized lipase enzyme on different radiation grafted polymeric films: Assessment of the immobilization process using spectroscopic analysis

Lipase has been immobilized onto different films, polypropylene and poly(tetrafluoroethylene‐perfluroro‐propyl vinyl ether) using glutalaradehyde as a crosslinker. Differential scanning calorimetery, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic, x‐ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy measurements were carried out to confirm the structure of the polymer films as well as the immobilization process of the enzyme onto the polymeric carrier. The activity and stability of the resulting biopolymers produced by lipase have been compared to those for the native lipase. The experimental results showed that the optimum temperature and pH were 40°C and 8.0, respectively. The activity of the immobilized lipases varied with lipase concentration and with the yield of grafting. Subjecting the immobilized enzymes to a dose of γ‐radiation of (0.5–10 Mrad) showed complete loss in the activity of the free enzyme at a dose of 5 Mrad. A leakage of the enzyme from the irradiated membranes was not observed in the repeated batch enzyme reactions. The operational stability of the free and immobilized lipase in n‐hexane showed that the immobilized enzyme was much more stable than the free one. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 90: 155–167, 2003     

以凹土颗粒稳定的乳液为模板制备复合微球固定化酶

以凹土颗粒稳定的Pickering乳液为模板聚合有机/无机复合微球,并以此为载体固定化脂肪酶,当脂肪酶浓度为0.020wt％,固定化温度为45 ℃及pH=7.4的条件下,固定化效果较好,酶活达到最大.脂肪酶固定化后显示出较好的热稳定性、储存稳定性,重复使用三次后酶活仍与游离酶的初始酶活相近.从而为酶的固定化的提供了一条新的途径.     

Limit of the solid fat content modification of butter

Three ways have been undertaken to modify solid fat content of butter oil: (i) interesterification, (ii) adjunction of high-melting glycerides and (iii) joint effect of adjunction of high-melting glycerides and interesterification. A solvent-free interesterification, carried out with 1,3-specific lipase fromMucor miehei, resulted in an increase of the solid fat content (SFC) by about 114% after 48 h of interesterification. The changes in triglyceride composition induced by this method were followed by quantitative determination of triglycerides of different equivalent carbon number (ECN) and different theoretical carbon number. The major changes in the triglyceride composition occurred mainly in the concentration of three groups of triglycerides with the same ECN (ECN=38). Adding high-melting glycerides trimyristin (MMM) and tripalmitin (PPP) led to an increase of the SFC measured at 20°C as these proportions increased in the mixture. The joint effect of the addition of MMM or PPP and interesterification was quite significant, mainly for triglycerides that included myristic and palmitic acids. As far as the increase of SFC is concerned, the effect of interesterification decreases when both substrate amounts increase.     

Selection of surfactant-modified lipases for interesterification of triglyceride and fatty acid

Interesterification of tripalmitin and stearic acid inn-hexane was investigated with surfactant-modified lipases. Various kinds of lipases and surfactants were screened for high interesterification activity of the modified lipases. The modified-lipase hydrophile-lipophile balance value and fatty acid group of the surfactants. The modified lipase obtained fromRhizopus japonicus with sorbitan monostearate as surfactant had the highest activity in then-hexane system. The interesterification activity of the selected modified lipase in molten substrates at 75°C without solvents was the same as that in then-hexane system at 40°C.     

Solubilities of five triglycerides in aqueous ethanol

The solubilities of trilaurin, trimyristin, tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein in 90, 95.4, 98, and 100% ethanol between 40C and 90C were determined. The data were compared with data calculated by the ideal solution law.     

Immobilization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Candida rugosa</Emphasis> lipase by sol-gel entrapment and its application in the hydrolysis of soybean oil

Immobilization of lipase AY from Candida rugosa by entrapment within a chemically inert hydrophobic sol-gel support was studied. The gel-entrapped lipase was prepared by polycondensation of hydrolyzed tetramethoxysilane and isobutyltrimethoxysilane. Certain modifications were incorporated into the conventional immobilization procedure, including the use of glucose as additive and the application of vacuum during the drying and aging stages. The activity and thermostability of immobilized enzyme were subsequently determined in hydrolyzing soybean oil. Hydrolysis results showed more than 95 mol% of the theoretical yield for the formation of FF after 1 h of reaction at 40°C. The level of FFA was 3.3 times greater than that seen when an immobilized enzyme was prepared by the conventional sol-gel process. The immobilized enzyme retained most of its hydrolytic activity compared to the free enzyme and kept more than 95% activity after 120 h of incubation at 40°C, whereas the free enzyme lost 67% of its activity after 24 h of incubation and almost all of its activity after 96 h of incubation at 40°C. The immobilized enzyme also proved to be very stable, as it retained more than 90% of the initial activity after 16 one-hour reactions. Surface characterization studies suggested that the enzyme-containing sol-gel particles have amorphous morphology and are void of micro/meso pores.     

Enzymatic interesterification of triolein and tristearin: Chemical structure and differential scanning calorimetric analysis of the products

The structural composition and thermal properties of the products of enzymatic interesterification of triolein and tristearin were investigated. The biocatalyst for the reaction was an immobilized Candida antarctica lipase, SP435. Enzyme load of 10% (w/w reactants) produced 72% of desired total products. Oleoyl-distearoyl triglycerides (SSO, OSS) had higher melting points than dioleoyl-stearoyl triglycerides (OOS, SOO) because the sample contained larger amounts of stearic acid than oleic acid residues. SOS and OSO were hardly produced (0.2 to 1.2%), which indicates that SP435 acted as a nonspecific lipase when catalyzing the interesterification of triolein and tristearin. The maximal yield of OSS and SSO (46.9%) was achieved with a 1.2 mole ratio of triolein to tristearin. As the proportion of tristearin was increased, the production of SOO and OOS decreased, the melting profile of the interesterified triglycerides shifted toward higher melting forms, and the solid fat content increased, indicating formation of hard fats.     

Lipolytic activity in free and immobilized cells of Phoma glomerata

The lipolytic activity of free and immobilized whole cells of the pathogenic fungus Phoma glomerata was demonstrated, and several properties of the lipase involved were determined. Free fungal cells and small pieces of immobilized cells, prepared by spontaneous colonization on a solid surface or entrapped in calcium alginate, were incubated with triolein in buffered medium. Different incubation conditions were assayed to optimize the reaction, to determine the effects of heating and time on stability of the immobilized preparations and the time course of the reactions. Although the enzyme cleaves all ester bonds of triolein, it shows some preference for the outer bonds. An optimal pH of 7.5–8.0, optimal temperature of 45°C for free and 50°C for immobilized cell preparations, the necessity for substrate emulsifiers, and reaction independence from calcium and magnesium were demonstrated. Results suggest that immobilized whole cells of P. glomerata would be a suitable tool to study its lipid physiology and to explore further the possible biotechnological use of its lipase activity.     

脂肪酶固定化研究和应用

采用硅藻土作载体,进行了脂肪酶的固定化。利用固定化酶选择性催化1-苯乙醇与乙酸乙烯酯的转酯化反应,得到R-乙酸苯乙酯,进行1-苯乙醇的拆分。实验考察了不同吸附方法固定化酶的效果,确定效果最好的固定方法为载体涂布法,并对该法的固定化条件进行了优化。制备的固定化酶的转酯比活比游离酶提高了14．3倍。固定化没有改变酶的选择性．对映体过剩值仍大于98％。初步探讨了固定化酶和游离酶的反应过程。     

Radiolysis of lipids: Mode of cleavage in simple triglycerides

The effect of gamma radiation on simple triglycerides was investigated. Trilaurin, trimyristin, tripalmitin, tristearin, tripalmitolein, triolein and trilinolenin were irradiated under vacuum at 6 megarads. The volatile breakdown products were separated by vacuum distillation and identified by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Qualitative and quantitative data show that the cleavage in fatty acids essentially follows a specific pattern and is not random. A mechanism of radiolysis is proposed.     

Chitosaneous hydrogel beads for immobilizing neutral protease for application in the preparation of low molecular weight chitosan and chito‐oligomers

Enzyme hydrolysis with immobilized neutral protease was carried out to produce low molecular weight chitosan (LMWC) and chito‐oligomers. Neutral protease was immobilized on (CS), carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS), and N‐succinyl chitosan (NSCS) hydrogel beads. The properties of free and immobilized neutral proteases on chitosaneous hydrogel beads were investigated and compared. Immobilization enhanced enzyme stability against changes in pH and temperature. When the three different enzyme supports were compared, the neutral protease immobilized on CS hydrogel beads had the highest thermal stability and storage stability, and the enzyme immobilized on NSCS hydrogel beads had the highest activity compared to those immobilized on the other supports, despite its lower protein loading. Immobilized neutral protease on all the three supports had a higher K_m (Michaelis‐Menten constant) than free enzyme. The V_max (maximum reaction velocity) value of neutral protease immobilized on CS hydrogel beads was lower than the free enzyme, whereas the V_max values of enzyme immobilized on CMCS and NSCS hydrogel beads were higher than that of the free enzyme. Immobilized neutral protease on CS, CMCS, and NSCS hydrogel beads retained 70.4, 78.2, and 82.5% of its initial activity after 10 batch hydrolytic cycles. The activation energy decreased for the immobilization of neutral protease on chitosaneous hydrogel beads. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 101: 3743–3750, 2006     

Characterization of partially purified extracellular lipase fractions from Pseudomonas fragi CRDA 037

The purification of extracellular lipases from the culture medium of Pseudomonas fragi CRDA 037 was obtained by ammonium sulfate precipitation, followed by ion-exchange chromatography and then by size exclusion chromatography, and re-size exclusion chromatography, which resulted in two enzymatic fractions, FIVa′ and FIVb′. The fractions FIVa′ and FIVb′ had specific activities of 105.5 and 121.6 U/mg, respectively, with purification folds of 169.3 and 195.2, respectively, using triacetin as a substrate. The two purified fractions showed optimal activities at pH 9.5 and 10.0, respectively, at 80°C. Three bands were found in fraction FIVa′ and two bands in fraction FIVb′ by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; these results indicated that homogeneity of the purified fractions was not achieved. The enzyme efficiency values, calculated as the ratio of V _max to K _m value for fractions FIVa′ and FIVb′, were 72.16 × 10⁻² and 38.15 × 10⁻², respectively. The lipase activity of fraction FIVa′ was more specific for the hydrolysis of fatty acid esters with fatty acid chain lengths of C12 to C18, whereas that of fraction FIVb′ showed a relatively broader range of specificity. The lipase activity of fraction FIVa′ showed higher specificity toward triacetin, tristearin, and tripalmitin as the substrate, whereas that of fraction FIVb′ exhibited higher affinity toward triacetin, trimyristin, and triolein. The effect of selected salts and detergents on the lipase activity of the purified fractions was also investigated. The lipase activity of the purified lipase fractions was completely inhibited by 10 mM of FeCl₂, FeCl₃, and Ellman’s reagent. However, 10 mM of CaCl₂ and EDTA activated the two purified lipase fractions by 20 to 50%.