Abstract: In order to prepare reusable immobilized phospholipase A1 with high activity, the encapsulation-crosslinked aggregate method was used. The immobilization conditions and partial properties of immobilized phospholipase were determined. Results indicated that the optimal preparation conditions were enzyme concentration of 0.06 g/mL, precipitant saturation degree of 80%, precipitation time of 35 min, glutaradehyde concentration of 0.4%, cross-linking time of 6.5 h, sodium alginate concentration of 0.2% and Ca2+ concentration of 0.25 mol/L. Under the optimal preparation conditions, the recovery rate of enzyme activity was 80.2%. The thermal stability of immobilized phospholipase was better than that of free phospholipase. Meanwhile, after seventh repeated use, the relative activity of immobilized phospholipase still remained more than 65%.

Key words: phospholipase A1, precipitan, glutaraldehyde, cross-linked enzyme aggregates (CLEAs), immobilization, encapsulation, SEM