Laccase (p-diphenol:oxygen oxidoreductase; EC 1.10.3.2) from Neurospora crassa has been immobilized by two different procedures: (1) Covalent attachment to Sepharose 4B activated with cyanogen bromide, and (2) Adsorption to Concanavalin A-Sepharose via the carbohydrate moiety. Except for small changes in the Michaelis-Menten constants, no differences were noted in the enzymological properties of the immobilized enzymes when compared to free enzyme. The carbohydrate moiety of laccase involved in the interaction with Concanavalin A does not appear to be closely associated with the active center since binding to the lectin has no effect on the enzymological parameters investigated.
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Froehner et al. (1975) studied this question.