Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Cholesterol Oleate in Aot/Isooctane Microemulsions

We have examined a lipase-catalyzed bidirectional ester synthesis/hydrolysis reaction in a water-in-oil microemulsion system. The reactants were cholesterol (alcohol), oleic acid (acid) and cholesterol oleate (ester), and the solvent system consisted of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT)/isooctane/water. The reactions were assayed by using [3H]oleic acid, [3H]cholesterol, or [3H]cholesterol oleate for the synthesis and hydrolysis reactions, respectively (separate incubations). The lipase that we used derived from Candida cylindracea, and was used at a concentration of 0.1mg/ml microemulsion. The reactions were performed at 22°C as the reactions proceeded more slowly at higher temperatures. With the initial reactant concentrations set to 10 mM cholesterol, 1 min oleic acid, and 1 mM cholesterol oleate, it was observed that the optimal [H2O]/[AOT] ratio was at about 9 both for the esterification reaction and for the hydrolysis reaction (after 24 h). The hydrolysis reaction was slower than the synt...

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