Inventors: Vaidya AA, Lele BS, Kulkarni MG, Mashelkar RA
Patent Title: Process for the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers useful for separation of enzymes
Publication date: 2002
Publication number: US6,379,599

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers useful for separation of enzymes, which comprises the steps of reacting a complex of enzyme and affinity monomer, a comonomer and a crosslinker, with a polymerization initiator and a polymerization accelerator at ambient temperature and pressure for a period ranging between 2 to 24 hrs, thereby obtaining a crosslinked polymer, crushing the cross linked polymer obtained to fine particles, adding a solvent and extracting imprinted enzyme from the polymer, obtaining the molecularly imprinted polymer, contacting the imprinted polymer with aqueous solution containing imprinted enzyme or a mixture of imprinted enzyme and other enzymes and isolating the enzyme-adsorbed polymer.
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