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Imidazolium bromide-based ionic liquid assisted improved activity of trypsin in cationic reverse micelles

S Debnath, D Das, S Dutta, PK Das

Index: Debnath, Sisir; Das, Dibyendu; Dutta, Sounak; Das, Prasanta Kumar Langmuir, 2010 , vol. 26, # 6 p. 4080 - 4086

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Abstract

The present work reports the imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) assisted enhancement in activity of water-pool solubilized enzyme trypsin in cationic reverse micelles of CTAB. A set of imidazolium ILs (1-alkyl-3-methyl imidazolium bromides) were prepared with varying lengths of their side arm which results in the differential location of these organic salts in the reverse micelles. The different ILs offered varied activating effects on the biocatalyst. The ...