Pluronic polymers P123

P105

F127 and F108

which have different chain lengths of PEO block were modified to generate aldehyde terminals for the conjugation with surface amine groups of CALB. The resulted Pluronic-CALB conjugates were characterized by SDS-PAGE and transmission electron microscopy. It was showed that the conjugates were dispersed well in toluene and appeared as nanoparticles with diameters ranged from 20 nm to 40 nm. The conjugates can be dispersed in methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) with temperature- responsive properties. The conjugate with a longer chain length of PEO block appeared a higher low critical solution temperature (LCST). The apparent activity of the conjugates in toluene at 37℃ was increased by 4 to 6 folds compared to the native counterpart. The recovery of CALB conjugates can be accomplished by precipitation at low temperature

making this enzyme conjugate suitable for industrial enzymatic synthesis in organic media.