Zhang_2021_Biotechnol.Prog__e3218

The Candida Antarctica lipase B (CALB) was embedded in the metal-organic framework, zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) and applied in the enzymatic synthesis of L-ascorbic acid palmitate (ASP) for the first time. The obtained CALB@ZIF-8 achieved the enzyme loading of 80 mg/g with 11.3 U/g (dry weight) unit activity, 59.8% activity recovery and 92.7% immobilization yield. Under the optimal condition, ASP was synthesized with over 75.9% conversion of L-ascorbic acid in a 10-batch reaction. Continuous synthesis of ASP was subsequently performed in a packed bed bioreactor with an outstanding average space-time yield of 58.1 g L(-1) h(-1) , which was higher than ever reported continuous ASP biosynthesis reactions. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.