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. 2018 Apr 27;10(3):901–910. doi: 10.1007/s12551-018-0423-6

Table 1.

Recently reported biphasic hydrophobic IL-based reaction systems in biocatalysis

Entry Investigated biphasic reaction systems Biocatalytic reaction system Reference
Classical biphasic reaction system
 1 [BMIM][PF6]/buffer β-Glucuronidase (PGUS-E) from Penicillium purpurogenum Li-3; immobilized on zinc oxide nanoparticles (Kaleem et al. 2017)
 2 [BMIM][NTf2]/buffer Commercial alcohol dehydrogenase, expressed in E. coli and alanine aminotransferase isolated from porcine heart (Voges et al. 2017)
 3 [HPYR][NTF]/buffer Whole cells of Escherichia coli overexpressing a glucosyltransferase from Vitis vinifera (Schmideder et al. 2016)
 4 Various ILs/buffer Acetobacter pasteurianus Gim1.158 whole cells (Xu et al. 2016)
 5 [BMIM][PF6] and [NTf2]/buffer Baker’s yeast (BY) and old yellow enzyme (OYE1-3) (Brenna et al. 2014)
 6 Various ILs/buffer Rhodotorula glutinis whole cells (Matsumoto et al. 2014)
 7 Various ILs/buffer Mung bean epoxide hydrolases, cross-linked enzyme aggregates (CLEAs) (Yu et al. 2014)
 8 Various ILs/various organic solvents Various lipases (Fischer et al. 2013)
 9 [BMPY][NTf2], Candida antarctica lipase B (CalB) (Pohar et al. 2012)
 10 Various ILs/buffer Naringinase from Penicillium decumbens (Temme et al. 2012)
 11 [BMIM][PF6]/buffer Immobilized Candida parapsilosis CCTCC M203011 whole cells (Zhang et al. 2012)
 12 [BMIM][NTf2]/buffer Escherichia coli whole cells co-expressing yeast reductase YOL151W and Bacillus subtilis glucose dehydrogenase (Choi et al. 2011)
 13 [HMPL][NTF2]/buffer Escherichia coli whole cells overexpressing the Lactobacillus brevis alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and the Candida boidinii formate dehydrogenase (FDH) (Dennewald et al. 2011)
 14 [BMIM][PF6]/isoamyl alcohol Candida antarctica lipase B (CalB) (Eisenmenger and Reyes-De-Corcuera 2010)
 15 [BMIM][PF6]/buffer Recombinant β-d-glucuronidase from Escherichia coli BL21 (PGUS-E) (He et al. 2010)
Reaction-induced phase change
 16 Various Ammoeng ILs/reactant phase Various lipases (Devi et al. 2011)
Supported ILs
 17 Membrane separator containing [BMIM][NTf2] and [HMIM][PF6] Biocatalytic electrochemical cell (supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs)) (Koók et al. 2017)
 18 [OMIM][BF4]/MTBE as transport phase Candida antarctica lipase B (CalB) (Sandig et al. 2015)
Influence of IL-based biphasic reaction system
 19 [BMIM][PF6]/buffer Effects of [BMIM][PF6] on Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Song et al. 2011)
 20 Various ILs/buffer Escherichia coli K-12 agar diffusion tests and growth inhibition tests (Wood et al. 2011)