Nowadays, monolithic stationary phases, because of their special morphology and enormous permeability, are widely used for the development and realization of fast dynamic and static processes based on the mass transition between liquid and solid phases. These are liquid chromatography, solid-phase synthesis, microarrays, flow-through enzyme reactors, etc. High-performance liquid chromatography on monoliths, including the bioaffinity mode, represents unique technique appropriate for fast and efficient separation of biological (macro)molecules of different sizes and shapes (proteins, nucleic acids, peptides), as well as such supramolecular systems as viruses. In the edited chapter, the examples of the application of commercially available macroporous monoliths for modern affinity processing are presented. In particular, the original methods developed for efficient isolation and fractionation of monospecific antibodies from rabbit blood sera, the possibility of simultaneous affinity separation of protein G and serum albumin from human serum, the isolation of recombinant products, such as protein G and tissue plasminogen activator, respectively, are described in detail. The suggested and realized multifunctional fractionation of polyclonal pools of antibodies by the combination of several short monolithic columns (disks) with different affinity functionalities stacked in the same cartridge represents the original and practically valuable method that can be used in biotechnology. In addition, macroporous monoliths were adapted to the immobilization of such different enzymes as polynucleotide phosphorylase, ribonuclease A, α-chymotrypsin, chitinolytic biocatalysts, β-xylosidase, and β-xylanase. The possibility of use of immobilized enzyme reactors based on monoliths for different purposes is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPROTEIN DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING, 2 EDITION
Subtitle of host publicationDesign, Development, and Application of High and Low-Resolution Methods
EditorsNikolaos E. Labrou
PublisherHumana Press
Pages251-284
Number of pages34
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-0716-0775-6
ISBN (Print)978-1-0716-0774-9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHUMANA PRESS INC
Volume2178
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

    Research areas

  • Affinity chromatography, Conjoint chromatography, Enzyme reactors, Enzymes, Fractionation, Monoliths, Protein and peptide immobilization, Proteins, CHYMOTRYPSIN, FRACTIONATION, TISSUE-PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR, PERFORMANCE, TRYPSIN, SORBENTS, IMMOBILIZATION, POLYCLONAL ANTIBODIES, DEGRADATION, XYLAN

    Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

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