Graphene oxide enabled long-term enzymatic transesterification in an anhydrous gas flux

Weina Xu; Zhongwang Fu; Gong Chen; Zheyu Wang; Yupei Jian; Yifei Zhang; Guoqiang Jiang; Diannan Lu; Jianzhong Wu; Zheng Liu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10686-z

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Graphene oxide enabled long-term enzymatic transesterification in an anhydrous gas flux

Weina Xu,
Zhongwang Fu,
Gong Chen,
Zheyu Wang,
Yupei Jian,
Yifei Zhang,
Guoqiang Jiang,
Diannan Lu,
Jianzhong Wu,
Zheng Liu

Affiliations

Weina Xu: Key Lab of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Zhongwang Fu: Key Lab of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Gong Chen: Key Lab of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Zheyu Wang: Key Lab of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Yupei Jian: Key Lab of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Yifei Zhang: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
Guoqiang Jiang: Key Lab of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Diannan Lu: Key Lab of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Jianzhong Wu: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California
Zheng Liu: Key Lab of Industrial Biocatalysis, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10686-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Implementing enzymatic reactions in gas phase has several limitations. Here, the authors report on a method to overcome these using graphene oxide aerogels to immobilize lipase, improve stability/lifetime and investigate the mechanism for improved function.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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