abstract
The superactivity phenomenon is a concept that expresses a significant increase on the enzymatic activity by common surfactants or ionic liquids emulsions. In this context, this work presents an overview of the literature on this subject, focused on the type, and characteristics of the surfactants and ILs reported in literature as superactivity inductors and the enzymes and reactions hitherto investigated in the superactivity context. It intends to emphasize the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to this subject bringing together scientific communities of different fields to foster the understanding of this phenomenon, and to identify the type of reactions and processes that could and should be improved by it, having into account its potential application at industrial level. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
keywords
IN-OIL MICROEMULSIONS; P-NITROPHENYL ACETATE; AOT REVERSE MICELLES; CHYMOTRYPSIN-CATALYZED HYDROLYSIS; ALPHA-CHYMOTRYPSIN; AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS; IONIC LIQUIDS; 2-NAPHTHYL ACETATE; HORSERADISH-PEROXIDASE; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS
subject category
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Chemistry
authors
Sintra, TE; Ventura, SPM; Coutinho, JAP
our authors
Sónia Patrícia Marques Ventura
Assistant Professor
Tânia Ereira Sintra
Post-Doc FellowshipProjects
acknowledgements
This work is financed by FEDER through Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade - COMPETE and national funds through FCT - Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia within CICECO project - FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-037271 (Ref (a) under bar. FCT PEst-C/CTM/LA0011/2013) ad for the project PTDC/AAC-AMB/119172/2010. The authors also acknowledge FCT for the post-doctoral and doctoral grants SFRH/BPD/79263/2011 and SFRH/BD/85871/2012 of S.P.M. Ventura and T.E. Sintra, respectively.