Abstract Bioimprinting is a new developed technique to improve the characteristics of enzymes. In this study, bioimprinting by lauric acid was conducted to improve the esterification activity of lipase PS in sol-gel immobilization process with methyltrimethoxysila (MTMS) and tetramethoxysila (TMOS) as the precursors. Results generated by checking the esterification activity and scanning electron microscope showed that bioimprinting can enhance the specific activity and thermal stability of lipase PS. The bioimprinting system was optimized by orthogonal experiment, and the optimal condition for lipase bioimprinting is water/silane molar ration (R) 12, polyethylene glycol (PEG) 120μl, and lauric acid 0.15 mmol. Compared with the free enzyme and the non-imprinted enzymes, the specific activity of imprinted enzymes has been improved 44.3 fold and 2.4 fold, respectively. Imprinted lipase show better thermal stability, and the relative activity is 58% after incubated in 80 ℃ for 0.5 h, while no activity was detected for the free enzyme.
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