RT Journal Article T1 Tuning almond lipase features by the buffer used during immobilization: The apparent biocatalysts stability depends on the immobilization and inactivation buffers and the substrate utilized A1 Cherni, Oumaima A1 Carballares, Diego A1 Siar, El Hocine A1 Abellanas-Pérez, Pedro A1 Andrades, Diandra de A1 Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli, Maria de Lourdes A1 Rocha Martín, Javier A1 Bahri, Sellema A1 Fernández-Lafuente, Roberto AB The lipase from Prunus dulcis almonds was inactivated under different conditions. At pH 5 and 9, enzyme stability remained similar under the different studied buffers. However, when the inactivation was performed at pH 7, there were some clear differences on enzyme stability depending on the buffer used. The enzyme was more stable in Gly than when Tris was employed for inactivation. Then, the enzyme was immobilized on methacrylate beads coated with octadecyl groups at pH 7 in the presence of Gly, Tris, phosphate and HEPES. Its activity was assayed versus triacetin and S-methyl mandelate. The biocatalyst prepared in phosphate was more active versus S-methyl mandelate, while the other ones were more active versus triacetin. The immobilized enzyme stability at pH 7 depends on the buffer used for enzyme immobilization. The buffer used in the inactivation and the substrate used determined the activity. For example, glycine was the buffer that promoted the lowest or the highest stabilities depending on the substrate used to quantify the activities. PB Elsevier SN 0168-1656 YR 2024 FD 2024-08 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118722 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118722 LA eng NO Cherni, O., Carballares, D., Siar, E.H., Abellanas-Perez, P., de Andrades, D., de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli, M., ... & Fernandez-Lafuente, R. (2024). Tuning almond lipase features by the buffer used during immobilization: The apparent biocatalysts stability depends on the immobilization and inactivation buffers and the substrate utilized. Journal of Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.06.009 NO We gratefully recognize the financial support from Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Government) (PID2022-136535OB-I00). Oumaima Cherni thanks the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for her fellowship to perform her stay at ICP-CSIC. The authors gratefully acknowledge FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) by research scholarship to DA (Grant No: 2023/01338-7). The help and suggestions from Dr. Ángel Berenguer (Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Alicante) are gratefully recognized. NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) NO Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España) NO Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research NO FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) DS Docta Complutense RD 7 abr 2025