REVIEW ARTICLE
Micellar Enzymology- Chemistry and Applications
Urvish Chhaya1, *, Snehal Ingale2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2016Volume: 10
Issue: Suppl-2, M5
First Page: 326
Last Page: 334
Publisher ID: TOBIOTJ-10-326
DOI: 10.2174/1874070701610010326
Article History:
Received Date: 03/01/2016Revision Received Date: 08/08/2016
Acceptance Date: 23/09/2016
Electronic publication date: 11/11/2016
Collection year: 2016
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Abstract
Enzymes in aqueous environment usually deal with purified enzyme preparations isolated from living matter which does not mimic real catalytic properties in vivo. Interaction of enzymes in nature takes place with different surfaces composed from lipid membranes or they get incorporated into biomembranes. Although Water is not a dominating component in the cytoplasm but plays a structural role by participating in the formation of biocatalytic complexes like glycoproteins. Water is needed to keep biocatalyst in active confirmation and hence plays very crucial role in biocatalytic reactions, activity and stability so that it can be used for various applications. This review focuses on composition, preparation properties and parameters which influence enzymes in reverse micelles and application of micellar enzymology to study protein chemistry, shifting equilibrium of various reactions, to recover various products by partition chromatography and bioremediation of chlorophenolic environmental pollutants.