Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment

This paper reports the lipase-catalyzed esterification of oleic acid (with ethanol) in a batch reactor at temperatures between 298 and 338 K using a wide range of the reactant ratio, β (0 < β < 2). All kinetic runs were performed under conditions of negligible transport limitations. The sigmoi...

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Main Authors: Mohd Sabri, Mahmud, Safinski, Tomasz, Nelson, Mark I., Sidhu, Harvinder S., Adesina, Adesoji Adediran
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author Mohd Sabri, Mahmud
Safinski, Tomasz
Nelson, Mark I.
Sidhu, Harvinder S.
Adesina, Adesoji Adediran
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description This paper reports the lipase-catalyzed esterification of oleic acid (with ethanol) in a batch reactor at temperatures between 298 and 338 K using a wide range of the reactant ratio, β (0 < β < 2). All kinetic runs were performed under conditions of negligible transport limitations. The sigmoidal behavior evidenced from the initial rate−substrate concentration curve suggests the allosteric nature of the acrylic-supported Aspergillus lipase, and hence, the data were described by a non-Michaelis Menten kinetic model. The associated oleic acid binding coefficient and ethanol inhibition constant were obtained as 2.382 and 1.643 mmol L−1, respectively. The allosteric effect was attributed to conformational change in the enzyme site occasioned by the presence of trace amounts of water formed within the first few minutes of the reaction. Indeed, the transient water concentration profile at different β values revealed an initial overshoot in water concentration before the relaxation to final equilibrium value after about 6 h. The appearance of the initial overshoot increased with decreasing β. The water concentration history is symptomatic of two first-order interacting processes fed by a self-propagating input consistent with the two-enzyme state concerted symmetry proposition for nonlinear feedback autoregulatory behavior. The rate-temperature envelope showed a maximum at about 318 K, suggesting protein denaturation above this temperature. Even so, a fit of the rate data obtained between 298 to 318 K gave an activation energy of 22.4 kJ mol−1, typical of many enzymatic reactions. FTIR spectra of the catalysts displayed peaks at 1723.23 and 1666.12 cm−1 assigned to COO− and NH2+ groups, respectively, for both fresh and used specimens. BET measurements, however, revealed a significant drop in surface area between fresh (165 m2 g−1) and used (5−20 m2 g−1) catalysts. This was attributed to pore blockage of the immobilized enzyme by the relatively large oleic−acyl−lipase complex left after the reaction.
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spelling ump-346492022-07-12T06:43:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/34649/ Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment Mohd Sabri, Mahmud Safinski, Tomasz Nelson, Mark I. Sidhu, Harvinder S. Adesina, Adesoji Adediran TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology This paper reports the lipase-catalyzed esterification of oleic acid (with ethanol) in a batch reactor at temperatures between 298 and 338 K using a wide range of the reactant ratio, β (0 < β < 2). All kinetic runs were performed under conditions of negligible transport limitations. The sigmoidal behavior evidenced from the initial rate−substrate concentration curve suggests the allosteric nature of the acrylic-supported Aspergillus lipase, and hence, the data were described by a non-Michaelis Menten kinetic model. The associated oleic acid binding coefficient and ethanol inhibition constant were obtained as 2.382 and 1.643 mmol L−1, respectively. The allosteric effect was attributed to conformational change in the enzyme site occasioned by the presence of trace amounts of water formed within the first few minutes of the reaction. Indeed, the transient water concentration profile at different β values revealed an initial overshoot in water concentration before the relaxation to final equilibrium value after about 6 h. The appearance of the initial overshoot increased with decreasing β. The water concentration history is symptomatic of two first-order interacting processes fed by a self-propagating input consistent with the two-enzyme state concerted symmetry proposition for nonlinear feedback autoregulatory behavior. The rate-temperature envelope showed a maximum at about 318 K, suggesting protein denaturation above this temperature. Even so, a fit of the rate data obtained between 298 to 318 K gave an activation energy of 22.4 kJ mol−1, typical of many enzymatic reactions. FTIR spectra of the catalysts displayed peaks at 1723.23 and 1666.12 cm−1 assigned to COO− and NH2+ groups, respectively, for both fresh and used specimens. BET measurements, however, revealed a significant drop in surface area between fresh (165 m2 g−1) and used (5−20 m2 g−1) catalysts. This was attributed to pore blockage of the immobilized enzyme by the relatively large oleic−acyl−lipase complex left after the reaction. American Chemical Society 2010-07-29 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/34649/7/Kinetic%20Analysis%20of%20Oleic%20Acid%20Esterification%20Using%20Lipase.pdf Mohd Sabri, Mahmud and Safinski, Tomasz and Nelson, Mark I. and Sidhu, Harvinder S. and Adesina, Adesoji Adediran (2010) Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 49 (3). pp. 1071-1078. ISSN 1520-5045. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1021/ie900704n https://doi.org/10.1021/ie900704n
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TP Chemical technology
Mohd Sabri, Mahmud
Safinski, Tomasz
Nelson, Mark I.
Sidhu, Harvinder S.
Adesina, Adesoji Adediran
Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment
title Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment
title_full Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment
title_fullStr Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment
title_full_unstemmed Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment
title_short Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment
title_sort kinetic analysis of oleic acid esterification using lipase as catalyst in a microaqueous environment
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TP Chemical technology
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