Abstract: A water-soluble non-colloidal penicillinacylase preparation containing penicillinacylase covalently bound to a water-soluble carrier is produced by reacting penicillinacylase with an activated derivative of a water soluble polysaccharide in aqueous solution. The water-soluble penicillinacylase preparation efficiently hydrolyzes penicillin and permits recovery of 6-aminopenicillanic acid efficiently in extremely high purity.

Abstract: The reaction product from the enzymatic cleavage of amido side chains from .beta.-lactam antibiotics is purified by contact with a polymeric adsorbent.

Abstract: There are disclosed water-insoluble proteinic preparations in which a protein or polypeptide is bound to a copolymer, which preparations are useful for binding enzymes in order to carry out enzyme-catalyzable reactions. These preparations comprise a peptide material bound to a cross-linked copolymer comprising the following copolymerized units:A. about 0.1 to 50 weight percent of at least one .alpha.,.beta. - monoolefinically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride having about 4 to 9 carbon atoms;B. about 99.9 to 50 weight percent of at least one di- and/or poly(meth)acrylate of a diol and/or a polyol as hereinafter defined,The copolymer having a bulk volume of 1.4 to 30 ml/g and a specific surface area of about 1 to 500 m.sup.2 /g, and containing, after saponification of the anhydride groups, about 0.02 to 10 milliequivalents of acid per gram.

Abstract: There are disclosed water-insoluble proteinic preparations in which a protein or polypeptide is bound to a copolymer, which preparations are useful for binding enzymes in order to carry out enzyme-catalyzable reactions. These preparations comprise a peptide material bound to a crosslinked copolymer comprising the following copolymerized units:A. about 0.1 to 30 wt. % of at least one .alpha.,.beta.-monoolefinically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride having about 4 to 9 carbon atoms;B. about 35 to 90 wt. % of at least one di- and/or poly(meth)acrylate of a diol and/or polyol as hereinafter defined; andC. about 5 to 60 wt. % of at least one hydrophilic monomer,The copolymer having a bulk volume of 1.4 to 30 ml/g and a specific surface area of about 1 to 500 m.sup.2 /g, and containing, after saponification of the anhydride groups, about 0.01 to 14 milliequivalents of acid per gram.