A Comparison of Assays on Hydrolytic Activity of Lipase with and without Surfactant
A Comparison of Assays on Hydrolytic Activity of Lipase with and without Surfactant
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有表面活性剂和无表面活性剂的脂肪酶水解活性测定的比较
DOI:
10.5650/jos1956.36.402
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发表时间:
1987
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T. Yamane
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作者:
T. Yamane
Lipase (triacylglycerol acylhydrolase, EC 3.1. 1.3) is an ubiquitous enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of fatty acids from their glycerol esters. Although the enzyme is one of the important enzymes for lipid digestion, studies on lipase had been less than those on the other hydrolytic enzymes such as amylases and prow teases. However, in view of the increasing interest in biotechnology for the fats and oils industry, lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis (fat splitty ing) or synthesis of lipids has become of more than academic interest. Also, some other reacv tions catalyzed by lipase such as acidolysis, alcoholysis, interesterification and optical rev solution of racemic compounds have recently attracted much attention of both academic and industrial researchers because these bioconverv sion are expected to produce various valueadded products from fats, oils, fatty acids and their related compounds. Several microbial lipases are now available commercially with reasonable prices, and new lipases having unique properties are being developed for the purposes mentioned above. Whatever bioprocv ess catalyzed by lipase is concerned, a reliable method of measurement of its activity is needed to evaluate the feasibility of the bioprocess. Precise quantitative determination of its activity is essential as the basis of research and develop ment of the bioprocess involving the enzyme. Suitable methods for analysis of activity are prerequisites for monitoring purification and identification of specificity. Since as early as 1940 s, many investigators have developed various methods for the deter= mination of lipase activity. Most of these anv alyses as well as procedures for detection of lipases reported by the year 1983 was reviewed by Jensenl'. Still after the year, several papers appeared on the determination of lipase acv tivity2'"°. The assay methods of hydrolytic activity of lipases are broadly classified into two with re= spect to the kind of substrate used, the ones using water-soluble substrates and the ones using water-insoluble substrates. As watersoluble substrates, triacetin (triacetylglycerol), tributyrin (tributyrylglycerol) or S-acyl com= pound (tributyryl-1, 2-dithioglycerol, BALB) is used. The last compound is used for the deterv urination of lipase activity in serum and a kit using BALB is being comercialized. On the other hand, olive oil, triolein (trioleoylglycerol) or chromogenic substrates such as fatty acid esters of 4-methylcoumarin and tris [12-(2, 4, 6* Bioreactors for Fats and Oils , Part 1X, For Parts 1-VU, see J. Jpn Oil Chem. Sac.