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Article history: This study has explored the possibility to reuse the waste, spent coffee material for the cellulase enzyme
Received 1 February 2017 immobilization. By the coffee surface modification with different activating agents, it was attempted to
Received in revised form 28 August 2017 develop the convenient method for creation of a capable porous carrier for this purpose. Among the most
Accepted 10 October 2017
common activating agents, glutaraldehyde, chlorine dioxide and hydrogen peroxide provided the most
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acceptable choice for the coffee surface modification. The changes that occurred on the coffee surface
due to agents’ treatment exposure were recorded by using of the FTIR spectra and SEM micrographs.
Keywords:
The highest immobilization yield (55%) and immobilization efficiency (45%) were attained during 30 min
Cellulase
Spent coffee
of the treatment time, by employing of 30% chlorine dioxide aqueous solution within 6 mL/g activa-
Immobilization tor/carrier ratio. The kinetic process was found to be predicted by the pseudo-second-order model. The
cellulase immobilization onto the coffee surface provides an excellent base for increasing the enzyme
availability to the substrate and enhancing the enzyme productivity, by offering the new perspectives to
the industrial sector.
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method. The method is based on the determination of reducing More noticeable surface variations have been found on H2 O2 -
sugar these were released from the Avicel (1% w/v, suspended in treated coffee carrier, whereas the strongest signal drafts and
a tri-sodium citrate buffer pH 4.8) during 30 min of incubation at intensifications have been noted on ClO2 -treated coffee carrier. In
50 ◦ C and under shaking conditions. Enzyme activity unit is defined particular, the main changes, in all FTIR spectra bands occurred at
as the amount of enzyme producing 1 mol of glucose equivalents regions between 3200 cm−1 and 3600 cm−1 and between 900 cm−1
per minute. The protein concentration in solution was measured and 1700 cm−1 . Some of them increased or reduced or disappeared
by the Bradford protein assay using BSA (bovine serum albumin) by the influence of appropriate agents. The increasing of the signal
as standard and concentrations were calculated using appropriate surface (3200–3600 cm−1 ) in FTIR spectra of the ClO2 -treated cof-
standard curves [32]. fee carrier suggests the stretching vibrations of hydrogen-bonded
hydroxyl groups (OH) [37,38]. The signal surface increase of
2.6. Adsorption kinetic studies 1535% for (OH) has been calculated on the basis of carbonyl
groups. On contrary, the picks at 2887 cm−1 and 2811 cm−1 have
Adsorption kinetics experiments were conducted by 5 g/L of the been drastically diminished. The reduced picks are referred to C H
coffee carrier in Erlenmeyer flasks containing 200 mL of the cellu- asymmetric and symmetric stretch of the methylene and methyl
lase solution on a translatory shaker (150 rpm). The initial cellulase groups [38,39]. The distinct peak at 1640.7 cm−1 observed on a
concentration was fixed at 3 g/L, while the reaction temperature native coffee sample (this may be attributed to C O stretching
was varied (30, 35, 40 and 45 ◦ C). The samples were collected at pre- vibration of carboxylate ( COO )) has been even lost [17]. The
determined time intervals and analyzed spectro-photometrically newly formed pick at 1552.7 cm−1 on a ClO2 -treated coffee sample
for the cellulase adsorption capacity. represents amino groups stretching vibrations [40]. These amino
The equilibrium adsorption capacity of cellulase on the coffee groups stretching vibrations bands have been superimposed on the
carrier, qe (U/g) was calculated according to Eq. (3): side of the hydroxyl group band at 3500–3300 cm−1 [40]. Also, the
visible changes occurred in the fingerprint region. The changes in a
qe = (C0 − Ce ) /m ∗ V (3) characteristic set of bands between 900 cm−1 and 1600 cm−1 may
where C0 (U/mL) and Ce (U/mL) are the initial and the equilibrium be assigned to the C C stretching mode and the C H deformation
concentration of cellulase solution, respectively, V (mL) is the vol- mode in the aromatic ring plane [41].
ume of cellulase solution, and m (g) is the mass of the coffee carrier Generally, the hemicellulose, cellulose, proteins and lignin are
[9]. a group of target biopolymers those are expected to be function-
A simple kinetic analysis of adsorption, based on most widely alized after the spent coffee activation treatment. The introducing
used pseudo-first and pseudo-second order models, were further of hydroxyl, amino and aldehyde groups is expected to enable a
employed to fit the experimental data. Both kinetic models assume favorable microenvironment to the immobilized enzymes. Other
that the rate of change of the enzyme solute removed with time is researchers proved that the ease of accessibility of cellulases to
directly proportional to the difference in saturation concentration cellulose was the main parameter for driving the enzyme adsorp-
and the amount of solid removed by carrier. Unlike pseudo-first- tion [42]. On the other hand, lignin may be limiting factor in the
order kinetic model, the pseudo-second-order kinetic model can interactions between the carrier and enzyme. There is a group of
predict the behavior of the system on whole investigated time researchers that found the differences in the underlying mecha-
range [33,34]. nism of the enzymes adsorption onto lignins from diverse types
The linearized form of pseudo-first (Eq. (4)) and pseudo-second of lignocellulosic biomass, due to diverse lignin composition and
order kinetic model (Eq. (5)) are presented as follows: structural features. It has been generally established for functional
groups, which affect lignin-enzyme interactions, that a low car-
log (qe − qt ) = logqe − k1 /2.303 ∗ t (4) boxylic acid group content and a higher phenolic hydroxyl content
t/qt = 1/(k2 ∗ q2e ) + 1/qe ∗t (5) in lignins could result in the increased protein adsorption capac-
ity [42–44]. There is a favorable circumstance that spent coffee
where k1 (1/min) and k2 (g/U min) are the rate constants of the grounds contain lignin in much lesser extent in comparison to other
pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order adsorption kinetics, lignocellulosic biomass. Bearing in mind that spent coffee is a by-
respectively, qe is the ratio of enzyme adsorbed on the surface of product of coffee-industry, many processing steps of coffee cherry
the adsorbent at equilibrium (U/g) and qt , is the ratio of enzyme influence the lost lignin, thus has been retained just in a small
adsorbed any time (U/g) [9]. proportion (0.05 ± 0.05%) [21].
Scanning electron micrographs of surface structure of the cof-
3. Results and discussion fee carriers, before and after modification, were presented in Fig. 2.
It was found that modification treatments evidently impacted the
3.1. The immobilization of cellulase onto four modified coffee porosity of the coffee carrier. The most explicit porosity has been
carriers obtained by using of ClO2 (Fig. 2(c)) and H2 O2 (Fig. 2(d)) acti-
vating agents, but numerous macropores and mesopores have
The three types of activators had been particularly selected for been developed after the GluA treatment (Fig. 2(a)), as well. The
coffee carrier surface modification because of their earlier appli- ClO2 activating agent obviously formed a dominantly macroporous
cations [27]. The coffee modification with GluA has already been and mesoporous network with a sufficient pore size diameter for
used as a successful immobilizer for ˇ-glucosidase [35], while the ensuring the passage of the enzyme macromolecule to the inte-
other two activating agents were employed to modify the natural rior surface of the coffee carrier, which provided an increased
material through their strong oxidative capabilities [27,36]. In order enzyme immobilization (Fig. 3). Porous material with dominance
to understand the degree of coffee surface modification after the of mesopores also allows a higher cellulase enzyme mobility and
evaluated agent’s treatment and to identify the functional groups flexibility within the cavities. It leads to higher cellulase activ-
present on the carriers’ surface, infrared spectroscopy and scanning ity, which has been revealed in previous literature reports within
electron microscopy were used. the actual research area [13,45,46]. Besides the H2 O2 -treated cof-
FTIR spectra of the native and modified spent coffee carriers fee carrier expressed large surface area (Fig. 2(d)), the amount of
have been presented in Fig. 1. It was observed that Glu-A-treated immobilized enzymes was quite low, probably because of pres-
coffee carrier has experienced inconsiderable surface changes. ence of many micropore channels, these disable the free enter of
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Fig. 2. SEM images of the coffee carrier: (a) native, (b) GluA-treated, (c) ClO2 -treated and (d) H2 O2 -treated.
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Fig. 5. The influence of: (a) the activator concentration, (b) treatment time and (c) activator/carrier ratio on cellulase adsorption.
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Table 2
Kinetic model parameters for cellulase adsorption on spent coffee at different temperatures (adsorbent mass 5 g/L, cellulase concentration 3 g/L, 150 rpm).
Temperature (◦ C) qe,exp (U/g) k1 (1/min) qe,cal (U/g) R2 k2 (g/U min) qe,cal (U/g) R2
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