文摘
The enzyme-catalyzed gel-sol transition of calcium-alginate obtained by internal gelling strategy with the helpof an entrapped alginate lyase is described. We show that alginate molecules and enzyme-produced oligoalginatesshorten the gel time of physical gelatin gels (5% and 1.5%), probably due to local protein concentration increase.Interpenetrated networks composed of calcium-alginate and of gelatin were obtained only if elongation of gelatinhelices inside a pre-existing calcium-alginate network could occur and only for low gelatin concentration (1.5%).The physical gelatin network is almost reversible inside the alginate one. Both networks can be obtained in thepresence of alginate lyase, but gel-sol transition of calcium-alginate cannot be obtained in the presence ofgelatin.