Thermally controlled biotransformation of glycyrrhizic acid via an asymmetric temperature-responsive polyurethane membrane.

ABSTRACT: Separating a target product from a relatively complex bioreaction system is often difficult. In this work, a "smart" bioreaction system was developed by using the special characteristic of temperature-responsive polyurethane (TRPU). By combining solvent evaporation with a wet phase inversion technique, an asymmetric membrane consisting of an integral and dense skin layer supported by a porous sublayer was prepared from a thermally responsive polyurethane that experiences a sudden free volume increase upon heating through a phase transition temperature of 56 °C. Subsequently, the asymmetric TRPU membrane served as the carrier of an immobilized enzyme, wherein β-glucuronidase was multipoint-conjugated by using biotin and streptavidin on the porous sublayer. Then, the material-asymmetric TRPU

SUBMITTER: Wu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9087016 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature