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Macroporous chitin affinity membranes for lysozyme separation.

E Ruckenstein¹, X Zeng

¹Department of Chemical Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo, Amherst, New York 14260; telephone: (716) 645-2911, ext. 2214; fax: (716) 645-3822.

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Macroporous chitin membranes offer efficient lysozyme separation. These membranes provide high capacity and selectivity for purifying lysozyme from complex mixtures, enabling large-scale applications.

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Area of Science:

Biomaterials Science
Separation Science
Biotechnology

Background:

Chitin is a biocompatible polymer with potential in bioseparations.
Developing efficient methods for lysozyme purification is crucial for its applications.
Existing methods using chitin beads have limitations in capacity and flux.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and characterize macroporous chitin membranes for affinity separation.
To evaluate the performance of these membranes for lysozyme purification.
To assess the scalability of the developed membrane technology.

Main Methods:

Preparation of macroporous chitin membranes using silica particles as porogen.
Affinity separation of lysozyme using the chitin membranes.
Investigating operational parameters like flow rates for loading and elution.
Analysis of lysozyme purity using techniques like chromatography.

Main Results:

Macroporous chitin membranes exhibited controlled porosity and good mechanical strength.
High flux (>=1.1 mL/min/cm(2)) and high adsorption capacity (approx. 50 mg/mL) for lysozyme were achieved.
Excellent selectivity for lysozyme over ovalbumin in binary mixtures was demonstrated.
High purity lysozyme (>98%) was successfully recovered from both mixtures and egg white.

Conclusions:

Macroporous chitin membranes are effective for high-capacity, high-selectivity lysozyme affinity separation.
The developed membranes offer significant advantages over traditional chitin bead chromatography.
This technology shows promise for large-scale industrial separation, purification, and recovery of lysozyme.