Polyethersiloxane-coated enzyme preparations
View Patent ↗The invention is directed to enzyme preparations which are obtainable by providing enzyme immobilizates which comprise enzymes or microorganisms comprising enzymes immobilized on an inert support with a polyethersilicone coating obtained by hydrosilylation, to a process for preparing such enzyme preparations and to the use of enzyme preparations as an industrial biocatalyst.
1. An enzyme preparation comprising:
an enzyme immobilizate including microorganisms comprising enzymes immobilized on an inert support; and
a polyethersiloxane coating located on said enzyme immobilizate, said polyethersiloxane coating is obtained by hydrosilylating Si—H-functional polysiloxanes, in which the olefinic units used are polyethers bearing at least one terminally unsaturated group, with the proviso that at least one of the polyether groups has at least two terminally unsaturated groups.
2. The enzyme preparation according to claim 1 , wherein said enzymes are hydrolases.
3. The enzyme preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the inert support has a particle size distribution in which 90% of the particles have a particle size of 10 to 5000 μm.
4. The enzyme preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the inert support is silica, polyvinylstyrene, polymethacrylate or polyacrylate.
5. The enzyme preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the Si—H-functional polysiloxanes are Si—H polysiloxanes of formula (I)
M a D b D′ c T d Q c (I)
where
M=[R 1 2 R 2a SiO 1/2 ]
D=[R 1 2 SiO 2/2 ]
D′=[R 1 R 2b SiO 2/2 ]
T=[R 1 SiO 3/2 ]
Q=[SiO 4/2 ]
a+b+c+d+e=3 to 850,
a=2 to 10,
b=1 to 800,
c=0 to 400,
d=0 to 10,
e=0 to 10,
R 1 are the same or different and are each independently selected from saturated or unsaturated, optionally branched alkyl groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, alkaryl radicals having 7 to 30 carbon atoms, or aryl radicals having 6 to 30 carbon atoms,
R 2a is independently hydrogen or R 1 and
R 2b is independently hydrogen or R 1 .
6. The enzyme preparations according to claim 5 , wherein
a+b+c+d+e=6 to 160,
a=2,
b=2 to 150,
c=2 to 75,
d=0 and
e=0.
7. The enzyme preparation according to claim 1 , wherein the polyethers bearing at least one terminally unsaturated group are those of formula (II):
where
x 1 +x 2 +y 1 +y 2 =1 to 500,
x 1 =0 to 200,
x 2 =0 to 100,
y 1 =0 to 200,
y 2 =0 to 100,
z=0 to 500,
W=hydrogen or methyl,
R 5 is an optionally branched, optionally substituted alkylene radical which optionally bears double bonds and has 1 to 30 carbon atoms,
R 6 is independently a radical selected from methyl, ethyl or phenyl, and
R 7 is an optionally branched, optionally substituted alkyl radical or carboxyl radical which optionally contains double bonds and has 1 to 30 carbon atoms, with the proviso that, when z=0, x 2 =y 2 =0.
8. The enzyme preparation according to claim 1 , wherein said olefinic units used further include polysiloxanes which bear terminally unsaturated organic radicals, and wherein the polysiloxanes which bear terminally unsaturated organic radicals are of formula (III)
M m D n D′ o T p Q q (III)
where
M=[R 3 2 R 4 SiO 1/2 ]
D=[R 3 2 SiO 2/2 ]
D′=[R 3 R 4 SiO 2/2 ]
T=[R 3 SiO 3/2 ]
Q=[SiO 4/2 ]
m+n+o+p+q=3 to 1000,
m=2 to 10,
n=1 to 800,
o=0 to 20,
p=0 to 10,
q=0 to 10,
R 3 are the same or different and are each independently selected from saturated or unsaturated, optionally branched alkyl groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, alkaryl radicals having 7 to 30 carbon atoms, or aryl radicals having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and
R 4 is independently a terminally unsaturated alkyl radical, preferably vinyl, or an alkoxy radical or R 3 .
9. The enzyme preparation according to claim 8 , wherein
m+n+o+p+q=10 to 600,
m=2,
n=2 to 600,
o=0,
p=0,
q=0, and
R 4 is independently a terminally unsaturated alkyl radical.
10. An enzyme preparation comprising:
an enzyme immobilizate including microorganisms comprising enzymes immobilized on an inert support; and
a polyethersiloxane coating located on said enzyme immobilizate, said polyethersiloxane coating is obtained by hydrosilylating Si—H-functional polysiloxanes, in which the olefinic units used are polyethers bearing at least one terminally unsaturated group and siloxanes which bear unsaturated organic radicals, with the proviso that at least one olefinic unit of at least one of said polyethers and/or said siloxanes has at least two terminally unsaturated groups.
11. The enzyme preparation according to claim 10 , wherein the Si—H-functional polysiloxanes are Si—H polysiloxanes of formula (I)
M a D b D′ c T d Q e (I)
where
M=[R 1 2 R 2a SiO 1/2 ]
D=[R 1 2 SiO 2/2 ]
D′=[R 1 R 2b SiO 2/2 ]
T=[R 1 SiO 3/2 ]
Q=[SiO 4/2 ]
a+b+c+d+e=3 to 850,
a=2 to 10,
b=1 to 800,
c=0 to 400,
d=0 to 10,
e=0 to 10,
R 1 are the same or different and are each independently selected from saturated or unsaturated, optionally branched alkyl groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, alkaryl radicals having 7 to 30 carbon atoms, or aryl radicals having 6 to 30 carbon atoms,
R 2a is independently hydrogen or R 1 and
R 2b is independently hydrogen or R 1 .
12. The enzyme preparations according to claim 11 , wherein
a+b+c+d+e=6 to 160,
a=2,
b=2 to 150,
c=2 to 75,
d=0 and
e=0.
13. The enzyme preparation according to claim 10 , wherein the polyethers bearing at least one terminally unsaturated group are those of formula (II):
where
x 1 +x 2 +y 1 +y 2 =1 to 500,
x 1 =0 to 200,
x 2 =0 to 100,
y 1 =0 to 200,
y 2 =0 to 100,
z=0 to 500,
W=hydrogen or methyl,
R 5 is an optionally branched, optionally substituted alkylene radical which optionally bears double bonds and has 1 to 30 carbon atoms,
R 6 is independently a radical selected from methyl, ethyl or phenyl, and
R 7 is an optionally branched, optionally substituted alkyl radical or carboxyl radical which optionally contains double bonds and has 1 to 30 carbon atoms, with the proviso that, when z=0, x 2 =y 2 =0.
14. The enzyme preparation according to claim 10 , wherein said siloxanes which bear unsaturated organic radicals, and wherein the polysiloxanes which bear terminally unsaturated organic radicals are of formula (III)
M m D n D′ o T p Q q (III)
where
M=[R 3 2 R 4 SiO 1/2 ]
D=[R 3 2 SiO 2/2 ]
D′=[R 3 R 4 SiO 2/2 ]
T=[R 3 SiO 3/2 ]
Q=[SiO 4/2 ]
N 2 =m+n+o+p+q=3 to 1000,
m=2 to 10,
n=1 to 800,
o=0 to 20,
p=0 to 10,
q=0 to 10,
R 3 are the same or different and are each independently selected from saturated or unsaturated, optionally branched alkyl groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, alkaryl radicals having 7 to 30 carbon atoms, or aryl radicals having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and
R 4 is independently a terminally unsaturated alkyl radical, preferably vinyl, or an alkoxy radical or R 3 .
15. The enzyme preparation according to claim 14 , wherein
m+n+o+p+q=10 to 600,
m=2,
n=2 to 600,
o=0,
p=0,
q=0 and
R 4 is independently a terminally unsaturated alkyl radical.
16. A process for preparing an enzyme preparation, comprising coating an enzyme immobilizate which comprises microorganisms comprising enzymes immobilized on an inert support with a polyethersiloxane coating, said polyethersiloxane coating is obtained by hydrosilylating Si—H-functional polysiloxanes, in which the olefinic units used are polyethers bearing at least one terminally unsaturated group and optionally additionally siloxanes which bear terminally unsaturated organic radicals, with the proviso that at least one olefinic unit which has at least two terminally unsaturated groups is present.
17. The process according to claim 16 , wherein the enzyme immobilizates are provided with a polyethersilicone coating by contacting the enzyme immobilizates, under hydrosilylation conditions, with a reaction mixture which comprises Si—H-functional polysiloxanes, polyethers bearing at least one terminally unsaturated group, optionally polysiloxanes containing terminal carbon-carbon double bonds, and also a catalyst which catalyses the hydrosilylation.