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- Bradoo, Sapna, et al.
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Synthesis of alkylgalactosides using whole cells of Bacillus pseudofirmus species as catalysts
- 2004
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Ingår i: Journal of Biotechnology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1873-4863 .- 0168-1656. ; 110:3, s. 273-285
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Whole cells of alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus AR-199, induced for beta-galactosidase activity, were used for the synthesis of 1-hexyl-beta-D-galactoside and 1-octyl-beta-D-galactoside, respectively, by transglycosylation reaction between lactose and the corresponding alcohol acceptor. The product yield was strongly influenced by the initial water content in the reaction mixture. Water content of 10% (v/v) was optimal providing 3.6-36 mM hexyl galactoside from 10 to 150 mM lactose, and no secondary product hydrolysis. Product yield could be enhanced by supplementing the reaction mixture with more cells or partly replacing the product with fresh substrate, but was decreased with time to the initial equilibrium level. Cell permeabilisation or disruption resulted in increased reaction rate and higher product yield but was followed by product hydrolysis. Octyl galactoside synthesis using whole cells was optimal at water content of 2% (v/v) with a yield of 26%. The cells were immobilised in cryogels of polyvinyl alcohol for use in continuous process, where hexyl galactoside was produced with a constant yield of 50% from 50 mM lactose for at least a week. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Dainiak, Maria, et al.
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Integrated isolation of antibody fragments from microbial cell culture fluids using supermacroporous cryogels
- 2004
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Ingår i: Journal of Chromatography A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0021-9673. ; 1045:1-2, s. 93-98
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present paper describes a chromatographic capture/purification step for the recovery of proteins directly from undiluted and unclarified cell culture broths using supermacroporous dimethylacrylamide (DMAA) cryogel. The interconnected character and the size (10-100 mum) of the pores of the adsorbent make it possible to process whole cell fermentation broths without blocking the column. Cu2+-iminodiacetic acid (IDA) DMAA cryogel has been used for the isolation and purification of excreted (His)(6)-tagged single chain (sc) Fv antibody fragments, (His)(6)-scFv, from E. coli cell culture. Bound protein was recovered with 0.2 M imidazole or with 20 mM EDTA and was practically cell-free. Chromatographic capture using Cu2+-IDA cryogel column was performed at flow rates of 300 and 600 cm/h, respectively and resulted in 84-96% recovery of (His)(6)-scFv fragments with a purification factor of 13-15. The DMAA cryogel adsorbent is mechanically stable, can withstand harsh cleaning-in-place procedure and is relatively inexpensive. Chromatographic isolation of proteins using cryogels allows efficient removal of cells and can be operated at a flow rate as high as 600 cm/h. This novel technique has proven to be a scalable process, does not require special equipment and can be a good alternative to expanded bed adsorption and other integrated isolation techniques. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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- Persson, Patrik, et al.
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Characterization of a continuous supermacroporous monolithic matrix for chromatographic separation of large bioparticles
- 2004
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Ingår i: Biotechnology and Bioengineering. - : Wiley. - 1097-0290 .- 0006-3592. ; 88:2, s. 224-236
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A continuous supermacroporous monolithic chromatographic matrix has been characterized using a capillary model, experimental breakthrough curves, and pressure drop experiments. The model describes the convective flow and its dispersive mixing effects, mass transfer resistance, pore size distribution, and the adsorption behavior of the monolithic matrix. It is possible to determine an effective pore size distribution by fitting the capillary model to experimental breakthrough curves and pressure drop experiments. The model is able to describe the flow rate dependence of the experimental breakthrough curves. Mass transport resistance was due to: (i) dispersive mixing effects in the convective flow in the pores; and (ii) slow diffusion in the stagnant film covering the surface within each pore, under adsorption conditions. The monolithic matrix can be described by a very narrow pore size distribution, illustrating one of the advantages of the gel. A broader pore size distribution results in increased band broadening. This can be studied easily using the model developed in this investigation. (C) 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Plieva, Fatima, et al.
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Characterization of polyacrylamide based monolithic columns
- 2004
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Ingår i: Journal of Separation Science. - : Wiley. - 1615-9314 .- 1615-9306. ; 27:10-11, s. 828-836
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Supermacroporous monolithic polyacrylamide (pAAm)-based columns have been prepared by radical cryo-copolymerization (copolymerization in the moderately frozen system) of acrylamide with functional co-monomer, allyl glycidyl ether (AGE), and cross-linker NN'-methylene-bis-acrylamide (MBAAm) directly in glass columns (ID 10 mm). The monolithic columns have uniform supermacroporous sponge-like structure with interconnected supermacropores of pore size 5-100 mum. The monoliths can be dried and stored in the dry state. High mechanical stability of the monoliths allowed sterilization by autoclaving. Column-to-column reproducibility of pAAm-monoliths was demonstrated on 5 monolithic columns from different batches prepared under the same cryostructuration conditions.
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- Plieva, Fatima, et al.
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Characterization of supermacroporous monolithic polyacrylamide based matrices designed for chromatography of bioparticles
- 2004
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Ingår i: Journal of Chromatography. B. - : Elsevier BV. - 1873-376X .- 1570-0232. ; 807:1, s. 129-137
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Supermacroporous monolithic acrylamide (AAm)-based cryogels were prepared by radical cryo-polymerizaton (polymerization in the moderately frozen system) of AAm with functional monomers and cross-linker N,N'-methylene-bis-acrylamide (MBAAm). Electron microscopy studies revealed supermacroporous structure of the developed cryogels with pore size of 5-100 mum. Cryogel porosity depended on cryo-polymerization conditions. More than 90% of the monolithic bed volume is the interconnected supermacropores filled with water and less than 10% of the monolithic volume is pore walls. The total protein binding capacity (lysozyme in the case of immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) column and bovine serum albumin (BSA) in the case of anion-exchange (AE) column) was independent of the flow rates till 600 cm/h. Chromatographic behavior of E. coli cells when a cell suspension was applied to ion-exchange cryogel columns depended on both the density of functional ligand and the porosity of the cryogel. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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