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Who reported the first industrial use of immobilized enzymes in 1967?(a) Robert Hook(b) Chibata and co-workers(c) James Watson(d) Kary MullisI had been asked this question in an internship interview.My question is from Methods of Immobilization topic in section Antibiotics & Enzyme Immobilization of Drug Biotechnology

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Correct option is (b) CHIBATA and co-workers

To elaborate: They have ALSO developed the immobilization of ASPERGILLUS oryzae aminoacylase for the resolution of synthetic racemic D-L amino acids. In their work fungal aminoacylase was immobilised on DEAE-Sephadex through IONIC bonding. They used this system to produce l-aspartate from ammonium fumarate.



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