biostudies-literatureNi SYili Chuanning Biotechnology Co., Ltd.Jiangsu Bi’ao Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. China11064https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9518184biostudies-literatureUnknown19(17)Erythromycin is one of the most commonly used macrolide antibiotics. However, its pollution of the ecosystem is a significant risk to human health worldwide. Currently, there are no effective and environmentally friendly methods to resolve this issue. Although erythromycin esterase B (EreB) specifically degrades erythromycin, its non-recyclability and fragility limit the large-scale application of this enzyme. In this work, palygorskite was selected as a carrier for enzyme immobilization. The enzyme was attached to palygorskite via a crosslinking reaction to construct an effective erythromycin-degradation material (i.e., EreB@modified palygorskite), which was characterized using FT-IR, SEM, XRD, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller techniques. The results suggested the successful modification of theInternational journal of environmental research and public healthImmobilization of EreB on Acid-Modified Palygorskite for Highly Efficient Degradation of Erythromycin.PMC95181842019K12382019K1237Zhang WNiu DLi CZhu JYin DWang CRen JJiang XNi SYu YfalseImmobilization of EreB on Acid-Modified Palygorskite for Highly Efficient Degradation of Erythromycin.Erythromycin is one of the most commonly used macrolide antibiotics. However, its pollution of the ecosystem is a significant risk to human health worldwide. Currently, there are no effective and environmentally friendly methods to resolve this issue. Although erythromycin esterase B (EreB) specifically degrades erythromycin, its non-recyclability and fragility limit the large-scale application of this enzyme. In this work, palygorskite was selected as a carrier for enzyme immobilization. The enzyme was attached to palygorskite via a crosslinking reaction to construct an effective erythromycin-degradation material (i.e., EreB@modified palygorskite), which was characterized using FT-IR, SEM, XRD, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller techniques. The results suggested the successful modification of the2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Sep2026-04-08T11:47:11.156Z2024-12-03T20:25:25.199ZS-EPMC95181843607878010.3390/ijerph191711064