ImmobiZymeTM
ImmobiZyme™ is a patented enzyme immobilization technology.
1 Like all immobilization technologies, this technology works by imparting certain properties to enzymes, which are not present in the non-immobilized form. However, the ImmobiZyme™ technology confers two novel advancements.
The first is the use of
only biodegradable support materials, producing a biodegradable immobilized enzyme, and usually at a low manufacturing cost. This is particularly advantageous in applications where a candidate immobilization technology has been considered, but has unacceptable disposal costs, could possibly leak into a human consumption product, or has another undesirable environmental impact.
The second advancement is a broader range of properties that can be
customer-configured for a particular application. This is useful when other immobilization techniques use support materials that:
are expensive, abrasive, or structurally insufficient; contain non-GRAS materials; generally do not possess the properties desired for a given application, and options for adjusting the support materials are limited. Using ImmobiZyme™, enzyme activity is matched with a broad range of support materials to confer the optimal outcome for the application. With these advancements, the ImmobiZyme™ process is a truly novel, enabling immobilization technology.
Key Advantages:
- Lower disposal costs
- Minimal environmental effects
- Lower cost immobilization materials
- Potentially lower manufacturing costs
- Use in open environments
- Broad mechanical property range
- Broad diffusion property range
- Broad particle size range
- Broad shape range
- Broader processing & use environments
| Applications:
- Agriculture
- Allergen removal (lactose)
- Animal feed
- Bioenergy (biodiesel, hydraulic fracturing, etc.)
- Bioremediation
- Biotechnology applications
- Chemical processing
- Drug production
- Fruit extraction (juice, wine, etc.)
- Paper & pulp
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Illustration of Guild BioSciences' ImmobiZyme™ Product Development Process
1 - Patent # 9,944,920