Recent advances of enzymatic reactions in ionic liquids

Thermal stability of proteins in the presence of aprotic ionic liquids

“…Chemical and physical properties of ionic liquids can be changed by the appropriate modification of organic cations and anions, which are constituents of ionic liquids. Biotransformation in ionic liquids has increasingly been studied [14,15,34]. We have found that the activity of protease is highly maintained not only in water-immiscible aprotic ionic liquids but also in water-miscible aprotic ionic liquids as well [22,23].…”

Ionic Liquids: Alternative Reactive Media for Oxidative Enzymes

“…As detailed in Figure 3, much work has been done throughout this decade with enzymes in ionic liquid media. Excellent review articles have been published during these years collecting the results produced (Kragl et al, 2002;Sheldon et al, 2002Sheldon et al, , 2003Park & Kazlauskas, 2003;Zhao, 2005;van Rantwijk & Sheldon, 2007;Yang, 2009;Moniruzzaman et al, 2010b;Lozano, 2010). Nevertheless, it is important to highlight that most of these results refer to lipase biocatalysis: lipases provide fast and convenient enantioselective synthetic routes for esterification and transesterification reactions.…”

Green Composites from Ionic Liquid-Assisted Processing of Sustainable Resources: A Brief Overview

“…Further, some pretreatment technologies require strong acids or bases and extreme conditions of temperatures and pressures for which special equipment are necessary. Therefore, the development of alternative processing techniques for widespread potential applications of biobased polymeric carbohydrates and lignocellulosic agricultural waste for fabrication of biocomposite material still remains challenging [19,20].…”