Biomimetic sequestration of carbon dioxide using an enzyme extracted from oyster shell

Dae Hoon Kim, Mari Vinoba, Woo Sup Shin, Kyong Soo Lim, Soon Kwan Jeong, Sung Hyun Kim

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Abstract

Carbon dioxide sequestration activity was compared and evaluated using bovine carbonic anhydrase (BCA), and a water soluble protein extract derived from hemocytes from diseased shell (HDS). Para-nitrophenyl acetate (p-NPA) was used to measure the reaction rate. The kcat/Km values obtained from the Lineweaver-Burk and Michaelis-Menten equations were 230.7M-1s-1 for BCA and 194.1M-s- for HDS. Without a biocatalyst, CaCO3 production took 15 seconds on average, while it took 5 seconds on average when BCA or HDS were present, indicating an approximately 3-fold enhancement of CaCO3 production rate by the biocatalysts. The biocatalytic hydration of CO2 and its precipitation as CaCO3 in the presence of biocatalysts were investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2081-2085
Number of pages5
JournalKorean Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume28
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Oct

Keywords

  • Biomineralization
  • Bovine Carbonic Anhydrase
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Hemocytes from Diseased Shell
  • Sequestration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry(all)
  • Chemical Engineering(all)

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