Rhone-Poulenc Industries

Honore Mazarguil

Francois Meiller

Pierre Monsan

The invention concerns mineral carriers carrying modified silicon grafts. They comprise mineral carriers grafted by silicon derivatives with aromatic amino substituents, modified by substituted or unsubstituted adenine radicals. The carriers are used in chromatography and more particularly in affinity chromatography for the purification of enzymes.

Modified, grafted mineral carriers

The invention concerns grafted mineral carriers comprising oxides, hydroxides and other insoluble, porous mineral compounds, upon which are grafted haloalkylsilane groups which may or may not be substituted and whose alkyl residue comprises from 3 to 11 carbon atoms. They are used as industrial catalyst carriers, in chromatography and more particularly for fixing enzymes.

Grafted mineral carriers for fixing enzymes

Process for the separation and purification of d-aminoacid oxidase by affinity chromatography. The process comprises contacting a mixture of proteins containing the d-aminoacid oxidase with a mineral carrier carrying haloalkylsilane grafts, upon which are fixed -- NH -- (CH.sub.2).sub.3 -- NH -- (CH.sub.2).sub.2 C.sub.6 H.sub.4 COOH residues. The enzyme retained by the carrier is then separated by a solution of ethyleneglycol. Use of the pure d-aminoacid oxidase for the preparation of cetonic acids.

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