β-Galactosidase from Aspergillus oryze has been immobilized on agarose beads coated with polyethyleneimine.
Fresh enzyme could be fully desorbed using 500 mM NaCl at pH 7 and 25 °C.
Inactivated preparations released the active molecules under similar conditions.
Desorption of the inactivated enzyme required much more strong conditions.
The fully clean support could be reused several cycles without lost performance.