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KMID : 0613820130230121471
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Journal of Life Science
2013 Volume.23 No. 12 p.1471 ~ p.1476
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Analysis of an Immobilized β-Galactosidase Reactor with Competitive Product Inhibition Kinetics
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Kang Byung-Chul
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Abstract
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The present study deals with the immobilization of Kluyveromyces lactis β-galactosidase on a weak ionic exchange resin (Duolite A568) as polymer support. β-Galactosidase was immobilized using the adsorption method. A kinetic study of the immobilized enzyme was performed in a packed-bed reactor. The adsorption of the enzyme followed a typical Freundlich adsorption isotherm. The adsorption parameters of k and n were 14.6 and 1.74, respectively. The initial rates method was used to characterize the kinetic parameters of the free and immobilized enzymes. The Michaelis-Menten constant (K_m) for the immobilized enzyme (120 mM) was higher than it was for the free enzyme (79 mM). The effect of competitive inhibition kinetics was studied by changing the concentration of galactose in a recycling packed-bed reactor. The kinetic model with competitive inhibition by galactose was best fitted to the experimental results with V_m,K_m, and K_I values of 46.3 mmolmin^-1mg^-1, 120 mM, and 24.4 mM, respectively. In a continuous packed-bed reactor, increasing the flow rate of the lactose solution decreased the conversion efficiency of lactose at different input lactose concentrations. Continuous operation of 11 days was conducted to investigate the stability of a long-term operation. The retained activity of the immobilized enzymes was 63% and the half-life of the immobilized enzyme was found to be 15 days.
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KEYWORD
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Continuous operation, inhibition kinetics, lactose hydrolysis, packed-bed reactor
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