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Morten Würtz Christensen
Researcher at Novozymes
Publications - 29
Citations - 1181
Morten Würtz Christensen is an academic researcher from Novozymes. The author has contributed to research in topics: Immobilized enzyme & Fatty acid. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 29 publications receiving 1127 citations. Previous affiliations of Morten Würtz Christensen include Novo Nordisk.
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Lipases from Candida antarctica: Unique Biocatalysts from a Unique Origin
TL;DR: The specificity of the A-lipase from Candida antarctica (CALA) has been characterized and the enzyme was found to exhibit a high activity towards a surprising diversity of sterically hindered alcohols, including both secondary and tertiary alcohols.
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Synthesis of sugar esters in solvent mixtures by lipases from Thermomyces lanuginosus and Candida antarctica B, and their antimicrobial properties
Manuel Ferrer,Juan Soliveri,Francisco J. Plou,Nieves López-Cortés,Dolores Reyes-Duarte,Morten Würtz Christensen,José Luis Copa-Patiño,Antonio Ballesteros +7 more
TL;DR: The lipases from Thermomyces lanuginosus and Candida antarctica B were comparatively assayed for the synthesis of sugar esters by transesterification of sugars with fatty acid vinyl esters in 2-methyl-2-butanol:dimethylsulfoxide mixtures and it was found that lipase from C. antarctic B is particularly useful for the preparation of 6,6′-di-acylsucrose.
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Enzymatic acylation of di- and trisaccharides with fatty acids: choosing the appropriate enzyme, support and solvent
Francisco J. Plou,M. Angeles Cruces,Manuel Ferrer,Gloria Fuentes,Eitel Pastor,Manuel Bernabé,Morten Würtz Christensen,Francisco Comelles,Jose Luis Parra,Antonio Ballesteros +9 more
TL;DR: The use of mixtures of miscible solvents (e.g. dimethylsulfoxide and 2-methyl-2-butanol) as a general strategy to acylate enzymatically hydrophilic substrates is proposed and it is observed that decreasing the hydrophobicity of the medium can be substantially enhanced.
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Industrial lipase immobilization
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Enzyme Catalysed Synthesis in Ambient Temperature Ionic Liquids
TL;DR: Monitoring the synthesis of a simple ester, all lipases were found to exhibit both excellent activity and stability in the non-polar ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazohum hexaflurophosphate.