Table 4 Stability of lipase in organic solvents.

From: Heterologous expression and enzymatic properties of lipase from Mucor circinelloides

Organic solvents

Relative activity (%)

Organic solvents

Relative activity (%)

50%

75%

50%

75%

Control

100 ± 5

100 ± 5

Methanol

80 ± 4

78 ± 4

Ethanol

50 ± 3

45 ± 2

Propanol

85 ± 4

82 ± 5

N-butanol

102 ± 8

101 ± 9

Dichloromethane

92 ± 4

90 ± 6

Iso-octane

95 ± 3

94 ± 4

Glycerol

104 ± 6

101 ± 4

  1. The lipase was preincubated with 50% or 75% (v/v) of organic solvents in assay buffer at 20 °C for 18 h. Aliquots were removed for determination of residual activity. Values are means ± SD (n = 3).